The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-02
SOME POSTSCRIPT
THOSE LADIES' HATS.


For donors histrionic:
She said no other life would d.
Her stage struck craze was en-
| Her parents said the stage was Z.
And sadly did berate II:
She said TITS naughty now. I kn.-
But I shall elevate It."
A million men who love a show
| Have hopes that she doth mean =. |
For though they pay for seats ~
| They never yet have seen It.
N
A certain Houston gentleman *
highly cultured and educated, ia n NJ.
entertainer; Is especially fond OF gats.,J
about him men and women who ara M
and talented. He cares little for ~ ~
tocracy Of wealth. but anyone distins,.y
| ed In literature, science or art In SssN
welcome. About a week ago he ma
quite number OF his friends Ana
| Quaintances who have attained am
tion In various arts and sciences N
house whore he entertained them rov.I
A feast Of reason and flow Of M
thirgs was the order OF the occsy9
<hhiOht titO 6uCotS wan u yOuUR man ~
found time hanging heavy on his ~;
| During the evening he noticed i ~.
| looking. bald headed man sitting In y
ner. apparently knowing few people "
not having anything like an uproar,si
| jolly tinic. The young man ino,s,H
around until he found out the mans ~
ana then set down and cvonversed -
him for few moments. Then he 4
| away and brought back solemn ~
wearing blue spectacles, and said:
~ want you gentlemen to become u
quainted with each other. 1t Is aiv.N
pleasant to meet some one who is so Dr.
inent in his chosen field that the worId 3
lights to do him honor"
Then the young man who found his \
dragging left with great and wondhN
JOY In his heart
The man with the blue spectacles =
first. lie cleared his throat, assume
wise look and said:
Delighted to meet you, sir. Haye "A
heard Of you. Ahem. Any new light
thrown on the cuneiform inscriptiom
| the pyramids recently excavated On N
1 Upper Nile?'
mot that / have heard" said tho "
headed man. What do you think Of
hers chances with Fitz7"
I
you think the Egyptian idea OF ths 3
mogony corroborative of the Theory ~
the fragmentary papyrus found Ia pttE
my's tomb was relic of the rdu Z
Osiris?"
well, really, / possibly haven't M
enough thought to the question, to ~
swer positively. You seem much lntertsN
| In Egyptian subjects. Don't you tAitS
| Fitz has been out of training too long
/ put up much of a fight?"
hat -.lkl
, simmons. DO you lean to the opinion q
| Ilerodotus that the pyramid Of Chez
dates from the time of Rameses III"
Never heard him express his opink1
You've had hard time getting this scnf
up haven't you?"
What scrap?"
"Oh, the prize fight. How much ss5
1 you out In DallasT
Don't know anything about DAHL
| What do you think about the palimpsf
/ Tho times lII?"
/ Come off. colonel said. the bald-hssS
ar hour at a stretch. Think yonr y
slurcing match II make It all right" {
What I'm the thunder do YOU mean Il
keeping on showing your nrize fight n
Mt me- Can't you see I'm trying TO stu
/ n trot hard enough to talk about 20
darned old pyramids and Egyptian crs
esq don't believe YOU ever saw. Eyyytss
you know one rrlze fighter from anothF
after all your big talk in the papers,
~ COX here" said the man with VI
! srectacles. who do you think you y
| tait'ru TOP" In
"Why. Dan Stuart. Of course. ~
! young man who brought you over III
| told me Won were Dan Stuart" 4
| "He's liar. Nv name is Hcdgtn. "
! ] keen n feed store IN Congress- etrve9
! Amt YOU Professor Sherman, the frsis
4tu,. tan, frnt Y
| now on his wav IN the CITY Of MerroY'
"Not on Your life. the fire tnsursnH
| aren't said. Nv name 70 Kerssy. ~ ~, y
lseer. books for bakery in the f'sr
| wprd -
| "sav." eaid the NAV with blue Fet
! tacles: that young fellow has plvec
| Toxic on Us. Are you ENJOYING you're
! here"
"No"
"Ne'ther am 7. Let's slim out the IS
| door and ro sNrnewhere and play domhsl
| for 'ho heers?"
| "r'iI ro Won"
And tho two clearinghouse guests III
a succeseful sneak. and the voung "
pever knew how his supposed JOKE
suited.
| CONFESSION ON A NrTRDEREH
"TIe Is dend and killed him.
1T gaze upon him living cold ana
with the crimson blood yelling from
wound. and laugh with iov, ON n'vf1
his l'fe blood leaned and I hold it PROV
aloft bearing its accusive stain. IN
heart there Is no pity. no remorw
softress. Seeing him lie there crusnea
pulselees is to me more than the piesN1
of paradise. For months he ESCAPED
With all the intense hate I bore mn
times felt admiration for his marvs'7