Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
A Blue.stockinged Wisdom
in Babes nfoufhs-A Fat Purse for

A ue.stockinged Pheuomenon-W Wisdom
In Babes nfoufhs-A Fat Purse for
Actors.
AS quartet Of reporters were making their
customary survey of the Chicago limited at the
Union station the other evening. they espied
through the windows of one of the sleepers a
strange looking object protrudlng from an
upper berth. They might have never known
until this day what the phenomenon was had
not there luckily happened to be among them
married man. After they had gazed in
mingled wonder and curiosity at the sight for
minute it was Benedict who spoke. Said he:
"Candor compels me to tell you that that Pc
culiar manifestation is nothing less than a
feminine foot and ankle obscured somewhat by
a blue silk stocking"
1t is sad to relate that the reporters con-
tinued to rivet their eyes upon the Grant foot
even after this explanation. Several passen-
gers including an old gentleman, became
spectators also. The old gentleman could not
see what was the object of all this attention
He was short-sighted. and putting on his eye
glasses got as close to the car as he could Just
as he was comprehendirg the full beauty Of
the scene young woman evidently the maid
ankle, came down the aisle of the car and
taking in the situation, jerked down the blind
in an instant. The sigh that the old man gave
startled the engineer and set him to examining
his locom otiye.
THE father of twins recently started on a
journey. leaving his hostages to fortune behind
with their mother. Four or five days after he
had started the twins began to miss him, and
one night after supper their mother overheard
one say to the other: ~ wish dad would come
home"
Lord" said the other hero in kits. "don't
speak of it. Pm about dead to see him."
And yet five years has barely flown above
these forward youngsters heads.
IS
THE son of well-known musician in this
city chose an odd occasion to show his piety the
other day.
The young man is about ~ years old, and of
late he has been demonstrating his uimbleness
by climbing up the trellis of grape arbor IN
the paternal garden. Afraid of some ugly acci-
dent his father warned his son and heir that
the next time he caught him boring about
that arbor he should spank him. Hardly had
he uttered the warning and turned his back
than the acrobatic youth was half way up the
arbor. AS soon as his father. caught sight of
him the child, realizing his fate, cried: Come
and spank Eddie" and the executikner seized
his victim and took him to the scaffold, or in
palmer words the parlor. There, as the unro-
mantle preliminaries of the execution were in
progress. the little hero exclaimed: LET me
say my prayers firstr''
Who could carry out a sentence of any sort
upon young martyr with such spirit as this?
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IT is extremely improbable that any theatrical
organization has ever taken out of Pittsburg
larger sum Of money than the Booth -Modjeska
company. All sorts of extravagant figures
have been named as the amount actually taken
at the doors during the engagement, but as
near as can figure out the sum is not less than
$4,000 nor more than $4,000, and if a mean be-
tween these two extremes is struck-about
Sl7, 900 say-you have the correct sum. Surely
81 500 performance, repeated seven times. is
a comfortable result to actors and managers
alike. The bulk of this goes to the Booth
Modjeska company.