The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-12
GOOD SHORT

Cs~vsr Lssss~ Brsss-ss~r ta Ghicax~.
Henry Savage IAndor. the CLEVER young
Esu3txh artist WIN spsnt N few months i'm
Washington last spring. saile.i from VAN
russver fur Yokohama u couple at WEEKS
nays the Washington Post. He will
sprnd the fall months i'm coastlng arussnd
Japan I'm - j~ius-rick-n-sha. painting sapa-
sscsE girls ON piers-s at boarls and HcttinH
fallen I'm love with. While i'm Chicago lM,
painted pnrtraits of Mrs. James BROWN
Potter, Mrs. Langtry, I bclicvs. and six ar
ssven other uoaahles. He caught ON la
moss.ly In the city of suburbs. nntwitls-
Caci, and had "a rial r-d-hus time.
While I'm Boston last winter he tsbk ~
yo,n9 lady to the slseatcr. and i'm trying To
on hi. slrS.s~ coat as well and ssat DOWN i'm
his shirt nleevcs for u minute tsforc dis
iS~ nims nn md; n"s ,is i pias. TH., a,,sS,s To
have bacn cxisrienCs enough tai Hast
lifetins<. hsr Ina did hrttcr than that i'm
AccosyiinR tai rscnt advics.s from that
metroFsolitan municipality Lander must
r ~.ys nIS T si%e. '"i Having Si% .i Inas .scrSsi,ins
elss. that was mildly wicked In his bnyish,
blase way. hc wanted to have SONS, cx-
element. Vigil, he had H.. He ~ AN IVA
fully nice yU,fAvstcr. one of the kind tine
women like and cssldle mp IA good deal hut
then he doe: y most asto,,,nGinH ..''hE.
got The Talking Machine last spring ."
take hin over to HaUrock'~ one evening
lDp1tb Ill oetSk. luSt ~ W
the curiosities, that was all. But he got
very curious atpout American mixed drinks
and concluded that they were the greatest
ctiriositics and that he would observe.
them. so lc started in on ~ cocktail. IL
was wortl, the. price "f admission tai 500.
over his face. AT the. first sip. Then the.
fruit. Well. hc regarded the banana ana
the slice NJ orange a- II personal c"'nri'-
Lander dove down into his pocket and
produced n slip from his card case, which
he said he. had cut from thu. ~. .'rnrs,s
Gazette. Ii pur'ort.si To give = list OF
American mixed drinks. The Talking
Machinc edited IL by striking ont the blue
lightning. stone fences, morning glorie~:
eye openers. and similar pllantasics Of
diseased Britisl. negotiations, until only
Ugh ar ten ilmid articles w..r. left. The
had a. gin iizx and u mint julep.. The.
flower garden pleased him Immensely. A
whiskey smash was not half bad. The
Talking Machine, head was wl,irIing
like IA top, hut Lanlor went on as calmly
as IL hc were eating loiiipops out "f "a
paper bag. A sherry eohblcr followed n
claret punch. and the milk punch. which
wound up his saturnalia, Ia. declared w.ls
the incest tasting milk he ever drank.
stopped the mixed drinks and was taper
ing OIL ON ~ss.ltzcr and pony ts"'rs, hut
while his partner went home in a hack
and had "a page put cracked ice on lis
head tn reduce the. bust.
But this isn't what l started tai tell.
lAndor got in with the iirs. department
at Chicago and they let him sleep at one
of the stations for "a week. He WAS going
to take IL all i'm and "rIn wild sh. Ihaslls.ei,"
The first might he. slept through IL all and
didn't know anything about "a fire until he
was told in the morning. He didn't want
"a day fire; be- wanted "a fire at night ar
nothing. The next night hc woke mp all
right, hut the tircmeu were gone and the
engine charging down the street hs,fOrS. he
got his collar buttousd. Tou ought tai sse
his collars. They are higher than Gen.
Spinola's.
The following day hc spent i'm practic-
ing the art of dressing, not well hut spsssi-
the Chicago fir. department for the en-
Rine to get nm the street after tbs. alarm In
struck. Occasionally the firenlcn make.
their toilets without topping to brush
their teeth, and they have been known to
omit combing their hair.
Landor improved rapidly. The. thit,l
night he got into his trousers and mads.
the rest of his toilet on the. ho-s-carriags
while il was dashing DOWN Madison street
ing lac could work INTO his coat besides.
The big Irish fors.Inan took considerable
pride in liis protcRe'si Improvement. The
lonnpexI little Britislier." said ln. ''luksd
as IL buttlcr wouldn't melt " id i'm. !
tort he wltd bra'k the meek Of i'm tile.
foor~t tonne he sli. doom the rssi. hut oi1l
he blamed IL he didn't to IL loikc "a rig'lsr.
II yes.s could only see the collar to i'm
ys.ps would die with laughter. He'd have
the collar or die. He kim doom the rxNi
the foor~t night wild his ..lioos in his pock-
cts. hut he had on the collar. It's the troot
I'm tellin' wees. In another wake he
would of got into all his togs inside the.
twinty seconds"
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