Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-04-06
Tie Practical joke Played CT Youc~
SoutheEner Is Friend IL Il! PSI
HON vi PAID Ills SCORE li.AE;~
AITE.I;S AID ~ BOSTON.

WAS studying III that +! ace, there
came to the conservatory Il Young
SUutherner, to study the violin. Penac
and several Of the students took him
out to show him the lions. rs they
passed along he SAID to several Of his
companions. Nov. YOU do Just n !
do, and Well have some fun with this
new fellow.
As they reached the square in,
which the statue Of Bach Is raised
aloit, Pcnac solcnnly turned abou;
and reverently dotted his cap, his
companions following suit.
The young Southcrncr. with eyes
wide opened for foreign obaorva
tion,' grayely asked the meaning Uf
this manUuvre.
"Ah," replied Penac, you don't
know much of German people and
their customs"
No" said his companion.
We'll" said Pcnat. Bach is very
much rcyered i'll Leipsig, 50 much So
that it is Il custom for all who pass
his statue to uncover. Beautiful
custom. isn't it >"
"Beautiful. indeed" replied tie
new conner.
Ill give you II few points III
tell you another custom in musical
circles: that Is the solemn admiration
paid Beethoven Why. whenever
his name is mentioned it is the habit
to close ones eyes and bend one ;
heal dcvoutly.'
The Southcrner was mulch iin
pressed. He had imagined such
musical enthusiasm, but scarce hoped
to find it, and was delighted.
Penac forgot the matter entirely.
until some time afterward he CHANGED
to be AT an evening reception where
he found himself near his Southern
friend Before he had chance to
address him. he was anusingly sur
prised to see him bob up. close his
eyes, and bow as if in prayer He
had scarcely suppressed Il smile be
foro q voice at his elbow asked if he
knew the young man. remarking:
"He seems very sensible; yet |
have never met him but what he has
gone through that performance.
sometimes twice or three times in an
evening""
Penac afterwards Explained to the
new conner, saying: Il have had my
joke and don't want you to make too
much of a fool of yourself" Nor Il
moment the victim would not believe
it. He had cherished the "bcautiful
custom and practiced it with assidu
ity, and could hardly realize that he
had been SO idiotic
Years passed. and one Sunday, Il
few week since, Il crowd of Boston
musicians were at dinner ut a French
restaurant not hundred miles from
Boylston street. where outlandish
dishes are served that flavor of other
clilnes, and where. for the first time
since the good old days ut Lcipsig,
Penac- and the Southerner met and
cordially shook hands. The former
had entirely forgotten his practical
joke, and from Il fun loving student
had become a rather hcadetrcng. cc-
centric musician. During the rcpast
his new found companion said:
oh, by the way, Penac, have a
friend here whom L am anxious you
should meet"
by all means Introduce me, then"
"He is something Of Il genius. gen
prOuS to a fault, but peculiar-pccen-
trio"
Indeed. l have pe,tchant for
curi0; what is its direction2"
well, he plays beautifully. i'm,
provises, but he has Il fancy for
not playing unless he is paid, no
matter if it is only quarter, SO long
as it is something"
"All right-that's all right" and
the introduction WAS effected. Said
Penac:
Your friend tells me that you are
pianist, and have a great desire to
hear you. l hope" holding out his
hand, that | shall have the pleasure
of hearing You this afternoon" draw
ing his hand away and leaving Il
quarter in the gentleman's palm.
Il do not know note" was the
reply of the gentleman, staring at
the quarter, then looking into Penac's
face, questioningly, then angrily.
That's all right said Penac,
airily; that's all right. L want"
getting confused as the gentleman
stared angrily in his face and begin
ming to back away; Il hope that -
you will-favor lis You know" and
he got to his Southern friend as soon
as possible.
Il should think he was eccentric:
thought he was going to knock me
down; never saw such n strange act
ing man; 1 gave him the quarter,
too; never felt so cheap in my life"
''No? was the rcjoinder. "Proba-
bly, you felt about as l did in Leipsig
ten years ago"
Then Penac remembered; but he
laughed all the same Boston Home
journal.
A Coon PUDDING. An excellent
pudding is made by soaking one pint
of fine, nice bread crumbs in a pint
of sweet milk; beat the yolks of six
eggs and the whites of three till they
are very light; beat in with them one
coffee cup of sugar, one tablespoonful.
of melted butter; stir these in with
tho bread crumbs, add the grated rind
and the juice of one lemon. Bake in