Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-01-05

now; three years ago was, and kept
it up pretty long, too; the boys used to
cheer me, and the gang would set up
more wine for me than any girl here;
but only the other day the proprietor,
he says to me Cora, your pull is get
ting mighty weak, and if you don't do
better you will have to quit Why
don't /? Who'd take INC in? Who'd
have anything TO do with me? don't
blame them, but | don't want any of
them coming down here and preaching
to me. I've got something that's liy-
ing, breathing sermon TO me all the
time, and yet, though | ought to be
decent, because of ii, can't be decent
because Of it. Come and see it." Billy
keen ability TO read human nature that
exists in children and dogs, whispered,
"Let her go; Cora wont hurt her" So
Cora led me back OF the scenes. Dirt,
noise and bad language pervaded the
entire place. We went into dirty
hole, called by courtesy dressing
room, and there Cora introduced me to
"Miss Maude Buckingham" Miss
Maude was decidedly tough looking.
She had a very shabby get-up
on, but it had originally been
some Young chaps best suit. On one Of
the chairs was crush hat, and it
dawned on me she was evidently, as de-
scribed on the poster, "the well-known
male impersonator." said she looked
tough; so She did at first, but there came
q smile ever her face as she looked at
me and said, just as your wife or sister
might have: slave you come to see
Cora's baby" Cora's baby There, with
shabby old shawl wrapped around it,
was COra's baby, in an old armchair,
with another chair in front of il to keep
it from tumbling out. 1t cooed and
laughed just as your baby does, and il
was poor Cora's treasure She Said
There amt nothin' wrong about my
baby; | was married to its father,
though he has gone away and left me.
1t was born up at Sister Irene's, and at
first thought could leave it there, but
couldn't. My heart got sick for it, and
had to have it with me- The man
ager he amt quite SO bad as you'd
think, and he lets me bring it behind the
scenes, as long as it don't cry, and
Maude or Ida or some of them always
stays with it when | am on the stage.
You see, Miss, have got to make the
most of il while it is a little, innocent
thing, because | took solemn oath that
my baby should be decent, and | have
got to put it away from me soon if
want to keep this oath"
ROUGH AND TUMBLE FUN.
We three were very quiet when we
left that hall, Billy, Isidore and me, and
Billy said: "You see, Miss, | didn't
want you come here, and yet these are
the places that we boys on the other side
have to go to to find amusement. Soon
as something nice is started, something
that is funny and good, they go and mix
religion in it, and then there is kicking
time. If these people would only work
out what we are, what sort of lives we
have been born to, they would mt try to
yell at us to love Gawd, they'd show us
how considerable and how friendly Gawd
| had them, and then we would want to
get acquainted with Him on account of
his frens. Now, once Maggie and
Chimmie got all us boys to go and see a
magic lantern; | carried Charlie, and
lsidore was along with us. Well, they
had pictures of very interestin' things,
and we were all of us thinkin' how
nice it was when the fool that was rum
ming it begins to jerk in some story that
was hurtful to lsidore's feelings, and
that made two women cry, because their
babies had died without being baptized.
You see, it was a fraud. He said, come
an have a good time and see the show
and then insults his visitors. If he had
said come an hear sermon, that would
have been different thing. Well, he
never give another show down there
again, for Tom O'Connor, the husband
of one of the women he made cry, give
him black eye that wasn't cured by
faith. The people," continued Billy
"who want to do something for the Other
side have got TO be polite to them, and
they'll never do anything fur them till
they find this. When they can give us
fun without mixin' preachin' with it
Wen not only 'preciate the fun, but we
will take the trouble to look after the
religion that's back of it."
FEAsTISG IN THE sLuMs. @
twas / / o'clock, and we were to have
supper with lsidore's grandmother
They lived down in that part OF New
York known to all the east-sideis a,
New Jerusalem The house we wen
|
were a surprise to me, and thought
had seen all of the other side, and coulC
not be surprised. The table was spreat
with clean, white linen cloth, the room
was immediately clean, but the dishc
brought over from Russia 80 years ago
and the silver candlestIcks lighted in my
honor, would have been esteemed al
great prizes on Murray Hill. Conyer
sation was u little difficult, but when
found that the grandmother understood
French, | spoke that language to he
and she translated it to her husl and, be
cause he only knew Russian ant
Hebrew. DelmOnico's couldn't havl
furnished such 4 supper. We begal
with caviare and we had innumerabl
dishes that were strange to me, and We
were delicious. Dishes only known t,
the Jewish community. The old gentle
man had bottle of wine that seemed
to announce its goodness as each oil,
drop fell from the bottle, and the OLE
man smiled at me in sympathy when Ii
saw me inhale its bouquet before tool
mouthful. | asked, "What are YOU
going to do with this boy 2" The oil,
grandmother said, "Make an American
Of him. HIVE him well educated
although he already speaks and write
English. He will be great man, vii
Isidore, to please his grandmother,
And lsidore smiled and blushed, an
was very certain that lie would. Afte
our supper had II present, a curiou
little swectmeat box of Russian enamC
that lsidore had gotten 10 give me o
New Years night.
AT PEACE WITH ALL THE WORLD.
, Catholic in my taste? OF course,