Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-11-04
STUART ROBS0N'S GOOD LITTLE
BOY.
New Orlonns IiCnyuno.

tortainment, recently, at which n num-
Der Of the theatrical profession assisted.
Mr.. 7. W. Kocne, the young tragcdiau,
recitcd Marc Antomy's Grafton, Mrs.
Laura Dainty gave "Tom'S Little STAR"
Miss Emma Abbott sang "Way down
upon tho Swancc River" and "Anld Lang
Sync," and thon Mr.. Stuart Robson came
forward with meeknoss and resignation
plaintively written ont all over his fair
young faco. Ho had been billed, he said
to give little advice to boys and girls.
He saw worry few boys and girls before
him, but trusted they would listen. He
remembered once reading about some
bad little boys-tho only time no had
over known anything about them. They
threw stones at the Prophet Elijah, and
called him "old bald-head," and were
otherwise disrespectful. What WAS the
RESULT Why, great big boar came
right out of a wood and ate them up.
He hoped every little boy would remem-
Dor this 1t would be much better to
! 70 up to q bald headed man and advise
him to wear wig, or try somo hair re-
storativo, or somcthing-be polite any
| how-fOr wherever there il bald-h head
cd man there Is sure to be great bare
around not very far off.
| He remembered another little boy
who once fetched his sister II swat in the
eye because she wouldn't give him bite
out of hcr apple. What did slrc do' Did
she pine and do in the early spring,
whom the vi0lcts blow and the birds
choose their mates, with consumption,
and words of sweet forgiveness on her
lipsf Not q bit of it. Sho battod him
over the head with rolling pin, and
raised lump on his head like q hens
egg, 80 that he couldn't 90 to Sunday
school for month because he couldn't
got his now hat on. Oh! boys should be
kind to their sisters Or some other fol-
lor's sister.
Bad little boys always come to grief.
lie knew a very bad little boy named
Billy once. 1t is general principle that
all bad little boys arc named Billy, just
~ oil good title boys arc called James,
and very ones Arthur This bad little
boy was named Billy--Billy Cranc-a
name which just fitted d sinful and way
ward boy. Ho commenced his career by
playing hockey from Sunday school, and
giving "shivcrecs," and turpcntining
cats, and pairing off tho poultry by feed
ing them with pieces of tough meat con
nsctod by packthrcad. Then he got to
crawling under circus fonts, and to
sucking eggs. Finally he threw off all
restraint, Billy did, and got to going to
concerts and ward meetings, and then to
voting-an utter wreck.
Not long since he saw tho result-tho
woful result. In a silent room, in lone
house-not full house-with n wild
eye and dishoveled hair, was tho once
reckless, and gorgeous, and wicked
Billy, sadly Illuminating as follows:
"To draw, or not to draw, that is the question:
| Whether It's safer in tho player to take
| The awful risk of skinning for a straight,
| Or, standing pat, to raise 'em all tho limit,
| And thus, by buitng get it. TO draw-to
! skim
| No mOre-and by that skin to get Il full
| Or two pair, or the latest bounCn kings
| That luck is heir tots a C0nSummatiOn
Devoutly to be wished. TO draw-to skin:
10 skin perchanco to bust-aye, there's tho
| rub
| For in that draw of three, what cards may come,
| when We have shufIcd of Tn uncertain pack,
| Must give us pause. There's the respect
| Which makes calamity of a b0btailcd flush.
| For who could bear the overwhelming blind,
| The reckless straddc, the wait on the edge,
Tho insolenCe Of pat hands, and the lifts
| That patient merit Of the buffer takes,
| When he himself might be much better off
BY simply passing. Who would trays.up hold,
| And go out on small progressive raise,
But that tho dread of something after call,
The undiscovered ace,full, to whose strength
Such hands must bow-puzzles the will
! And makes us rather keep the chips VIC have
Than be curious about hands we know not of.
| Thus blufing does make towards Of us ALL
And thus the native hue of a fourheart flush
Is sicklied with some dark and cusscd club,
| And spectators in ajack wealth.
With this regard, their interest turn away,
And lose the right to open"
Was there more to be said!
There Wore some good boys once in
the world, but they are all dead. Good
ness is beautiful thing in boys-but
notably unhealthy. By the way, this
reminded him that Chicago has the
healthiest lot of boys he has ever seen.
CasSabianca was good boy, but he
OPP. At this .uncture Mr.. Hooley
stepped on the stage and reminded Mr..
| Robson that he had already snOken one