The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-11
ANNIE 0AklErs SPEECH.
The Sharpshooter Responds to the
Toast Of the fress
Denies that She Is Going to Star
Next Season.

There was an informal banquet given on
the grounds Of the Wild West Show the
other evening and sharp shooting Annie
Oakley was called upon TO respond 10
the toast Of the press.
81 wish Il were a bicycle or a banjo
or how to Shoot she began, but really,
to tell the truth. guess the press has
made me famous. but d. you kno" some
very peculiar things have been SAID!
Think Of the feelings OF my husband
when he read OF my engagement to an an
nouuced my arrest In Queenstown Tor
carrying deadly weapons when MAS
quietly resting IN New YORK. DO J. ioyk
like i was dead and buried In Buenos
Ayres? No? Well, the press boys SAID
1 was, when ! was shooting In Kent
England, IL IS all right 10 write an oOlt.
well That's what they did for me in
one hundred and twenty-eght newspapers,
and 1 was amazed to know how many
good traits ! really had before they
Miss Oakley was asked about rumor
that she intended to star next season.
oh" she said; |yopw s saw t ana n in
surprised, and I wouldn't he If you had
asked me II was gong to play Shakes
pearian roles or take the stump lor
Chauncey NJ. Depew for next President.
You have heard the old saying. killed by
kindness; well, that saying can be used
in my case, but no matter what the
press has said about me, II has always ,,
been very good to me even IL WAS born
In the backwoods of Ohio, FOR even now
the lighthouse OF my mother, VINO YET
lives. Is many miles from railroad. i9
be sure, the press seems to have iouhd
out that j could shoot as soon as did.
for 1t commenced publishing Things
about me then as well as telling the
year In which j was born ,,
L
knock a few years of my age, FOR TO tell
the truth ] am nearly twenty-eight, l
lind really can't do so.
About five years ago ! arrived from
London In New York after "A hard sea
sons work, and was under the care OF
q physician, when ! found a cable de-
spatch In the morning papers announ-
cling my arrest In Queenstown for carry.
ing deadly weapons. The, truth OF u
was that woman who had more cheek
than brains, endeavored to linpersonaie
me In the streets OF Queenstown while
carrying two loaded revolvers around
her waist. OF course. the report was
ION my return to England a few years
ago, report went through the press
lish nobeman. The fact that / was al.
ready married. and that my husband
was with me. made no difference. but
the report went around, and ! mad t9
termed my good fortune.
"A few years ago ] was on game
shooting trip In Kent, England. ON one
OF these days l was enjoying hearty
drive, and never felt better In my life,
when the mail man brought In bundle
OF letters and newspapers. ] was much
surprised to lind my obituary In all OF
the latter, and to learn that ! had died
In Buenos Ayres. "A place that l have
never visited. Some of the papers had
my picture, one of them had II draped In
mourning. | lost no time in sending
and answering cablcErams 10 all parts Of
the world trying to stop the report, lind
Ing II, however, n hard matter TO do so. "
Miss Oakley has made up her mind that
the bicycle costume which she has re-
Gently designed Is for practical purposes
''the best OF an and she can often be
seen riding around the grounds of the
Wild West wearing II.