The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-17

tables upon which he waited were filed by
the ballet girls engaged by Imre Kiralfy in
London, and every nationality except the
English was represented among them.
When the first dinner was served the waiter,
who is a PLAIN ana guileleSs cockney, came
JauHtily forward to take the orders. Totally
Ignoring the Till of fare, each girl started
IN to tell him what she wanted, aud for the
next ten minutes the Tower of Babel was a
desert or silence compared to that dining
room. Under the impression that the boil
ers had burst, the officer of the deck
went forward and uncoupled the
fire hose The waiter fed in quest
of the captain, who came down and
quieted the incipient riot The use Of the
bills of fare was explained in pantomime
aud the diners we're iGstruc ed to make
known their wants by pointing out the
di, hes. Toe first girl who tried it designated
picked oysters d ice cream as her choice,
second drew pencil through the names
OF four different kinds of soup, motioniug
to the waiter to bring them, AID when the
third selected Canada mutton and straw
berry jam the waiter gave it up in, despair.
After long series OF object lessons the girls
learned TO give their orders in conf ound-
fractured English and toe burden upon the
brain Of the cockney servitor was Hghtened
little.
On Feb. 81 burning schooner came in
Impressive 81 ght. Not sign of life was
visible about the vessel, and as she had evil
IDENTIFY been deserted hours before. the Fur
neSsla did not stop. Last Monday a second
cry of "fire" was raised, but this time the
flames We're on board, and for a few mo-
ments decidedly panicky feeling pre-
vailed. The steam pipe in the smoking
room had ignited the wood work. and but
Tor the presence of mind displayed by Joe
Laro' e, tumcler, Barnum & BAiIey's cir
Gus might have gone to play an extended
engagement at the bottom of the sea-
Larose tore off his coat, threw it upon the
blaze and beat upon it with his hands till
the last spark was extinguished.
Among the animals between decks near
the stern was an extremely depraved young
elepha 1t named Hat, whose genius for mis-
chief approached the phenomenal. Next to
his OK was that of gentle giraffe in
whose ratiOnS we're included a peck of car
rots, vegetable of which Hat was extremely
fond. Day after day he made futile at
tempt to rob the giraffe when the keeper
wasn't looking, but met with constant fail
ure. On the afternoon of March / HITS
temper gave way, and c0iing his trunk
about the giraffe'S neck he gave long pull,
q strong pull and pull all together. Had
his victim had a less elastic neck his career
would have ended then and there. but it
slowly stretched until crowd of keepers
had stuck enough pitchforks into Hat to in
duce him to let go. He did so regretfully
Half an hour later his little red eyes espied
wire running along the beams above his
box, and reaching forth his trunk he
gently pulled it. 1t gave. Then ne
pulled it a number of times. The vessel
stopped and began to go backward at full
speed. Down from the deck above hoated
vague sounds of profanity, and then an Off
Ger popped through the hatchway and
caught Hat still eng ged in ringing up sig
nails in the engi4e-room, with which the
wire connected. The poking and prodding
that he received rather crushed his playful
spirit for the remainder of the voyage, and
he landed here a sorer but wiser elephant.
A benefit concert on tue night of March
netted good sum for the Home for Dis
abled Seamen, and presented a programme
that was startling in its variety. There
were nineteen numbers in all, embracing
everything from sword swallowing to a
cornet solo, and encores were lavishly be-
stoH ed. The only artist who refused one
was the gentleman who chewed up a table
glass in full view of the audience and with
out the aid of a net. The re nainder of the
voyage was entirely uneventful, the sight
ing of land being the next and Fl al exciting
incident. Although the circus people carried
nothing from England with them but the
pleasantest of memories and tendency to
misplacipg their chs" they were all de-
lighted to get home again.
The general ntiment upon this point was
well expressed by Maine acrobat in a con-
fidential remark to Tody Hamilton.
Lannon's hall right for bit of trip,
ye know" he said, "but for steady livin'
give me H'Anerica."