The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-10-14
WHAT THEY LAUGHED At.
The Bald-Headed Man Tells = Tale q
Mirth and Woe.

! WHAT THEY LAUGHED AT.
The Bald-Hssded Man rers . Tsss .
Mirth and Woe.
"What hate above all other things,
said the bsld-headed man, as he or
dered lemon phosphate and moppet
himself, ''is ride In an elevated trail
In the same car with two gigglin,
girls. Why, there's nothing sacred II
their eyes; nothing Is safe from theil
ridicule. And the worst Of IL Is tina
they seldom know what they arr
laughing at"
The bald-headed man stopped talk
ing to drink his soda, and after he hat
made few grimaces over It's sting, hi
went on:
Yesterday afternoon took trsir
at the bridge station to go to Harlem
1t was warm and I took off my hat as
soon as found seat and famed my.
self with a newspaper. When the
train had started noticed couple oi
uncommonly pretty girls opposite who
seemed to enjoy life Immensely. Their
bright young faces sparkled with
merriment and they laughed, oh, 90
gayly.
AT least ] thought they were pretty
and merry then. I soon began to look
around to see what they were laugh
ing at Presently / spied something
that would make horse laugh. A
fresh young dude stood right in the
middle OF the car plumb in front OF
one those long mirrors between the
windows, admiring himself.
"Why he actually stared himself out
of countenance. He twisted his neck
tie this way and that, stuck his feet back
and forth until the crease in his trousers
set just right, twirled hts mustache
until 1t had the proper curl, and then
he looked around to see if the girls
were watching him.
"Just then I caught their eye and
what? Whose eye? Why, the prettiest
ones, of course. Don't be critical when
a mans telling a story. Well, you
should have heard them giggle and
nod at me- Why, grew ten years
younger. md the girls and I had a
lovely time making fun across the
aisle with our eyes at the dude.
"Then saw something else that was
funny-to them. This time it was an
italian woman, with highly colored
shawl on her head, who was nodding
off to sleep. She was doing her sleepi-
est best to keep her arm on the window
sill and it kept slipping off. Every
time her jaw dropped her arm would
go down, and she was a funny spec
tacle, tell you.
"Of course, l winked at the girls
again when saw that they were
laughing at the Italian, and they nearly
had At.
Just then the train stopped at sta
tion ana there came in young mar
who sat down by me and took, his hat
of. He was sight. All the hair on
his head seemed to be gathered right
on his forehead and he had had it
to make him look like Jimmy
Powers. He thought he was sumner.
Then the girls had gay time. While
they were laughing At to kill and
was giving 'em sly wink, suddenly
happened to remember that my wife
had asked me to get her something
from dry goods store in Twenty-third
street. We were just pulling into that
station and jammed my hat on my
head and rushed out"
There was pause. A falsir on the
curb showed a grimy hand out near the
oald-headed mans face and called:
combs! Nice pocket combs, in cases,
,nly a diner
There was transcription of English
;ot from the Bible, and the bald.
leaded man hurried on, red from his |
'ollar to his hat brim. In moment
lie continued:
"That's just the trouble everywhere.
t amt my fault! That was the |
rouble on the 81" train. As I was
lustling out of that car slipped close |
'ast the girls - give 'em a parting |
wink. and heard this delightful bit |
# information:
He! he! he! Isn't it pity? 1t did
hine so nicely!'
20 yes" the bald-headed man sighed.
s he hailed car, "they had been
aughing at me all along. The dude
nd the italian woman and the pompa-
our weren't in it with my head. N's
lways so. IN. Y. Recorder.