The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-24

retired behind my handkerchief In convul'
sions. The whistliug lady, In somber
gown OF maroon cashmere relieved with
vermillion plush, rendered 'Peek-a-boo"
and the "Mooktng BIrd" to the unbounded
delight OF the large and brilliant audience.
aud after AS performance OF the money
Musk" and The Foolish Little
Maiden" the affair wound up
with magnificent chorus by the
whole company, called "The Laborer'a
Chorus" in which each one proolaims dit
ferent sentiments TO the same melody. aud
beginning Pm Glad I'm q Farmers WIFE,"
or a "woodSawyer," or n "washerwoman.n
as tie case may be, winding up with the
united declaration, "Pm Glad l am n
Laborer," to the accompaniment of wood
saving, clothes washing, bread making,
scythe sharpening and so on
it was SO realistic that the audience
pounded the floor vociferouslY, the babies
cried and the small boys on the front rows
tell or. There was "a superb collation. of
cake and cream in the back rooms, but we
did not wait for the feast.
We gathered up our belongings. were
driven by a boy we could not sec lit was 80
dark through roads that were invisible but
none too smooth, up and down dark hills
four miles to the station, where we were
just in time to catch the 10 o'clock train
We were happy to get back to the land of
gay streets, electric lights and street cars,
and in a short while we're safe in our rooms
relating our adventures to the great amuse-
ment Of the lucky ones who had stayed be-
hind.
EXPERIENCES REVIEWED
"a can afford to be funny about it,"
remarked, as | unlocked my finery; ''she
was paid for her part of the performance. y
"Ungrateful wretch ~ cried A, pound.
ing me with a gray shoe. "didn't you have
your expenses paid; what more do You
wantl | am sure the entertainment would
hnve been recompeuse enough for any ex-
ertion. But when think, Cousin, of what
we expected -"
And of what really happenedlp
We looked at each other and howled
again, and woke up during the night to
laugh.
The rooms were finally Strengthened up.
but the getting of the meals proved to be
an increasing nuisance and aggrayation OF
soul and body.
II don't mind seeing you cook" said A
plalntively, "but | do object to washing
these horrid little plates and cups aud
saucers. In other words, | won'ti"
So we sailed forth 10 an hotel cafe and
spent our substance in riotous living.
This will never do in the world, !" ex-
postulated, after fishing about in my purse
for one solitary dime that proved TO be a
Canadian piece rejected OF car conductors.
I'VE are totally bankrupt What nextq'
"Private boarding house, where we can
regulate our expenses, sagely observed A
And our appetites," supplied Cousin r.
After much tribulation we decided upon
aboarding house conveniently near and de-
soended into its basement dining-roUm three
times a day.
OFF FOR THE COUNTRY.
"For my part, ,"exclaimedA- one day. "l
am tired and sick of tho city and the street,
and pine for the solitude Of farm b onse
! want to go where | cannot see and heal
tho wheels 60 wound Let us admit thai
our experiment has been failure and strik,
for green fields"
With one accord we rose. packed cur be-
longings and sent all "superfluous naughti.
ness' OF costume and odds and ends to the
| conservatory to await our return, and set
our faces counJryward. In months time
the conservatory will open its doors to us
again, and until then We will eat apples and
lie under the greenwood tree" and wonder
why we didn't do it to begin with.
Doesn't the proverb say that ''experience
keeps bard school, and fools will learn at
no otrerp II SO what dreadful donkeys we
have been. C. M. G.