Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-09-28
[To BE Continued
He WAS AT WORK.
But His Occupation Did Not Entit1e Him
tn Free Sents at the Thaatar

But His Occupation Did Not Entit1e Him
to Free Seats at the Theater.
He was what Steve Rowan would call
"a shlim bit av turkey" and he stood
near the box Office of the Columbia, first
looking at his last half dollar clutched
in grimy palm and then shooting an
occasional glance at the main door,
through which the strains of the opening
overture could at times be heard.
His clothes were loud enough to serve
as a Worlds fair hotel fire alarm, and
the checks were too large to be honored
by anything smaller than first national.
They were of the latest Kerry cut and
hadn't been long enough in this country
to kill the smell of the bog. He wanted
to see the performance, and he hated to
part with his money, SO he waited and
got into an argument with himself.
First he thought he would, and then he
guessed he wouldn't, and while he thus
hesitated a trim little woman tripped
across the foyer. She sailed along like
q clipper ship with free wind and port
in sight. There was distinctive air Of
the ''profesh" about her, and she carried
her nerve in the outside pocket of an
Eton jacket. He watched her and lis
tened with hastonishmentwh when she opened
her face and addressed the man in the
box Office.
"Hello, HarryP'
"Howdy, Mag"
"Gimme two seats, will yer, Harry%
care Won worlxinp2"
"Sure. Me and Jess is doin turn at
the Olymp'"
The checks for seats were handed out.
and Mag calling Jess the two went in
side, while the 'sshlim bit NV a turkey"
moved peg or two closer to the box Of
fee.
Another form appeared in the door
way. Its hair was parted in the middle.
and its buzzsaw hat reposed on the back
Of its head. Its trousers were freshly
creased and sharp enough to pare corns.
1t shuffied up to the box Office much aft
er the manner of crawfsh in q net.
and the little Irishman could scarcely
prevent himself from laying violent
hand on it and mussing it up. In q low
tragedian voice it said:
sAh, there, Harry"
"Hello, Falstaff, old boy"
"Favor me with two, old fellow?"
"Are you workingY
"Well, should say am"
"Whereg'
"Me'n Eds doing Henry Irving bur
lesque at ther Park"
Again two pasteboard checks were
handed out, and by this time the ''tur-
key on the outside was becoming fran
tic. 1t was coming easy for everybody
but himself, and he resolved to hazard o
chance and keep his half dollar. He took
= fresh bite Of plug, gave his trousers an
extra hitch and approached the window
on tiptoe. He peered cautiously around
the edge Of the narrow opening. Harry
was still there, checking up the house.
He hesitated only for moment, and then
he blurted out:
"Hilloo, Harry, ould bye"
"How are you, sirT'
"Oi'm wur-r-kin."
care you, my friend" Il
"Yis."
"Wherep
"Shtock yards"
And when the doorkeeper through
with him and the patrol wagon had
gathered him in he sadly wondered at
the eternal unfitness Of things and why
all men are not born equal. Chicago
Mail
The new low and fiat crowned hats in
italian straw, with the wide open brim in
front, and worn far back on the head to
fall over the nape Of the neck, are sure to
be reproduced in felt and promise to be be-
coming.
Guipure lace will be supplanted by point
d'Argencon as decoration for gowns. The
new lace will be distinguished by its ex-
quisite yellow tone, its net clear and rather