The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-13

70 Paris, returned again and now I am
recently back from Switzerland"
1ou've been playing in luck suggested.
Yes. but I'm down on my luck now, and
that's why you see me in here
| night
Thanks. Good night But stay! I can't
quite place you. but believe l remember one
! tning and that is that YOU once refused to
give me your address. Am rightT"
quite right. answered. rather amused
that she should have forgotten how she sang
for me on the steamer"
No offense. 1 hope?
None in the least" I said And you
were not offended"
| Dear, no." she answered, and then added
| quickly, Il quite understand and won't offer
my eard.s
An right then. good night" and moved
down to a side seat.
On my right sat a young London Johnny.
perhaps twenty-one years old. He seemed to
be busy explaining and making witty re-
marks 20 another fellow who looked as
though the height OF his ambition in life
was TO be Johnny, too.
As l sat down Knowles was just going on.
Out he came dressed in battered frock coat,
worn-out high hat and duck trousers
There is the clever man." observed
1 Johnny. isn't he funny?" ana Johnny
laughed. His pal laughed too.
/ Knowles began his lightning speech talking &
/ SO rapidly that nobody could follow him. until
he paused. saying:
There, How Go you like that2''
Everybody English in the house thought
il time to laugh, so they all laughed. One
| of the jokes was this:
Now, / knew two persons who did not
| know each other. The one did not know the
/ other and the other did not know the one.
| They were man and woman. The mans
/ name Undone and the woman's nsme
was Done. They got married and the one
that was Done become Undone. So there you
are. What do you think Of that?"
At which Johnny went to pieces with laugh
| ter and forgot the knees to his trousers
/ which were in danger of being stretched
Turning to me Johnny asked: Did you see
| the press ballet?"
| Being answered in the affirmative he con-
| tinued: Il saw 1t eighteen times I know a
! good many OF the girls who played in It.
Great. wasn't it?" Then he proceeded to tell
his friend all about the eighteen times and
| the girls" Very soon he turned to me
again. saying: DO you ever take a box? 1
often do. One of the eighteen times / saw
the press ballet had box all alone"
Really" l said in astonishment. did
your Governor know t?''
'oh. no. OF course not. That was the
fun Of It. And what do you think A girl
made it right with one of the attendants and
came right into the box with me-"
Weren't You frightened?" l asked. express
ing great concern.
No, l am used to all that sort az thing
You see l am a member Of several night
clubs and we fellows have to get used to
things. But thought it bit of cheek for
girl to come right into my box without an
invitation"
''oh. they're all alike" added Johnny.
! and nene of 'em is any good when you come
right Down to it"
didn't reply to this last remark but
turned 10 watch the curtain up on the bal
let. 1t was called Alaska and the first scene
represented small level piece OF ground
with snow-capped rugged mountains all
about. Ii was showing on the level piece Of
ground. The paper snow-fakes sifted down
beautifully from above; 1t was in the twi-
light ard II looked very cold. The elecatrie
stars were shining brightly over the noun
tains and they looked cold too
That ballie girl will fall eff that ballie log
II she don't look sharp" observed Johnny.
BY joye! Look at her now: she's going
sure, and 1t really did look as though the
imitation log would kick UP. but the girl got
her balance and Johnny his
The girls" came on with very low cut
dresses and bare arms They looked cold too
leading ladies did other things. making mo-
tons and trying to give the audience a hint
of the argument"
Did you see that one on the left near tba
end?" asked Johnny. We'll" be added u
see her every day on PlccadiIly She's no
good. like the rest. Look at her balIie legs.
Don't know how they hold her up"
They do look cold 1 observed, noticing
how the snow-nakes lighted on them as She
1 hung them around in the dance.
There's a girl more like it,'' excialm a
Johnny. Il know her tco. Had her TO sup
per lots of times. And there's none OF YOUR
sawdust there either. See herr The one On
the right"
4 thought you said they are all alike and
all no good said to Johnny.
"Oh, well, they are in a sense" answered
Johnny. but one must do something Won
know and once in a while you rike one good
enough to kill time with
Oh. quoth /. Then l asked: "And what
nader"
Worse yet said Johnny pcs lively.
Don't even dance. No good to take to sup
per for they only drink lemon sauashes or
sip glass Of chmpagne while they want you
to drink all the time. Oh, / know them ali
They're no good
/ can't tell exactly what happened on the
stage, Tor / was more interested in johnny
have met the same sort before. i conse-
auentiy forgot all about the ballet and only
remember that in the last scene the side OF
mountain opens disclosing a beautiful cave
lined with gold and hIled with Johnnys
girls In white. pink, old gold and pale
blue. As they came out before the footiights
and moved gracefully about they presented
as beautiful a blending OF color as / have
ever seen the stage
Don't think much OF this music" said
Johnny, not nearly so good as that in the
press ballet"
do you understand music?" / asked.
"oh bless you. yes; why, know the wife
Of Conductor Blank. You possibly have
heard OF him He conducts the orchestra AT
Blank Hall. Oh yes ! know her very well
indeed"
Then of course you know music" in
ferred
Yes. know all about 1t. know most all the
musical people very we'll
DO you like them:"
Well. sometimes. when I can't find any,
body else. But they talk about such baliie
stun that II gets a BIT Of a bore"
They probably talk OF music" / sug-
gested
Il don't know what Il IS. I'm sure. but I
know It's rot" and with that johnny dis
missed muslc.
Il say. old chap" said he. turning to his
friend. there Is that same big thing In the
middle there that we saw IN the press hal
let | hats her. She's too condeseending
Besides. she Is 50 beastIy fat. Look al her
now with her nose turned up l do beifeya
she is going 70 try TO dance"
And what do you thing Of her legs?" /