Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-20
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TIE PLUMBERS ROMANCE.
"A few months ago Il couple of trav-
cling museum man driftcd into town.
uuartercd their freaks of art and nature
In Twenty-third street resort and
spread their saudily painted canvasses
ON the front of the house. Over the
way. red-headed plumber, with u cast
IN his eye. worked in his shop and
watched the lacking UP of the canvas
ana the arrival of the freaks. Among
the latter was u Circassfan Lady. Her
luXuriant growth OF slllScn hair-it must
have been Il foot and n half long
waved and shmmcrcd in the sunlight
even under the shawl that covered it,
as she stepped out OF the bus with the
Tat lady and the two propric'tors. The
plumber gazcd with delight through the
unwashed window Iyanes of his shop and
thought he had never seen anything so
beautiful before.
Big business didn't come to the muse
urn and when the proprictors came and
went thereafter they employed no bus
they walked. The red hcadcd plumber
brought the first dime To the door He
stroiled in on the opening night and
looked around for an hour. Fifty min
utes lie devoted to AN admirinS inspcc-
ton of The Circassian Lady. but the Cir
cHssian Lady didn't know il. although
he stood leaning against the wall direct
ly opposite all the time.
l}ut the Wild Man from Borneo, whose
cage was in the rear Of the place, went
to the manager when the doors were
closed for the night and said he was
dead sure there WAS IL queer game on
hand, bccHusc an odd guy with Il sorrel
top had been spottinG Him all night.
Tie plumber came The next night, and
The next and the next. He was enam-
CURED OF the circassfan. in his quiet. UNI
ubtrtlSivc fashion; so much SO that the
manager went to the wild Mans cage
Oh the second night and whispered:
I'm dead on to the brick top. He's {,
straight RUDE from Hampton, with an
OF eye. and he's gone honcy-boy OIL the
Head Of Hair. The manager was cor
rect. On the following night the Cir
c;tSSian smiled on the plumber, and ar
ter that the plumber came three times
Il day ana talked with the owner of the
beautiful hair at each visit.
i3ut business got worse and worse at
the museum and, although the plumber
WAS lurcd into six visits Il day the pat
ronagc became so small that the pro-
prictorS grew sad AT heart and fought
each other regularly three times n day,
after each meal. Then the freaks be-
came unmanageaDle and in Il short time
they and the proprietors were not on
speaking terms.
One day the Junior Partner. who
was also the acting manager called the
Senior aside and said: BLANK! blank
ctty-blank- blank to dash and rGturn!"
"Nots up?" asked the Senior.
We're ruined, that's what" replied
the other. Them freaks has had a
meeting and is goin' to Duff us in
bunch"
"Wors the matter with 'em now?
Don't we promise them their salary
every week, just the same as if we was
goin' TO. pay it?''
Yes, but they're going 10 pump us to-
night" a AIkkHEMa
Promise 'em raise" 'a%kausAM
i've done it. It's no CO." is" NM
Promise 'cm anything they want"
I've promised 'em everything. and I
tell you they won't stand for it."
"Wot's the plot of their play. any
how?" u,apaiRAJH
Il can't make 1t out exactly. hut when
I asked them why they was going to
leave the Living Skeleton said he had
got Il fat job with the circus in dc-show.
The AlbinO said she liked me all right.
but THAI you didn't trcat her white
Then the Giant said that you acted
short with him. ! argued with the
Kcuchce- Kouchcc Dancer, but 1t was no
use. She said her salary was so modest
that. even when she got it, ii shrunk
from her before she could pay her board
bin. The Missing Link swcars that he's
tired Of monkeyinS around here, and
he's going back OH tho farm. The In
dia Rubber Man complains that we
want him to stretch his conscience as
well as his skin and the Wild Man from
Rornco wants To give np his job TO run
for constable in the next county pri-
mary. Even the Circassian and the HUI
man Pin Cushion are in the conspiracy"
''Well," gruntcd the Senior. I'm glad
the Pincushion's going. because he's
been stuck up beyond endurance for
weeks. But what's the Head of Hair
kicking about?
shes insuftcd because a Bloodfield
jay. who brought his family i'll here last
night. pointed her out TO his party as
the human mop"
The Senior Eritt4d his teeth Let 'cm
all so to blazes,'' lie Kissed. stretch
another canvas in front advertising a
general change of bill, including an ed
ucated Chicagoan. and a real live Will