The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-10
WOMAN'S STARE.
A LITTLE STORY BY Mr.. DOOLEY'S
PREDECESSOR.

Colonel McNeery Makes a Call on the
Lady Managers of the Worlds Fair
and Is Highly Edited by Their Dis
cussiOns.
Before that clever s~atirist Mr.. Fin
ley Peter Dunno wrote the "Mr. Doc
ley" sketches he created a character
known to Chicago fame as Colonel Nc
Merry. The May Bookman. in an inter-
esting article by w. Irving Way, quotes
n of the Colonel McNeery sketches as
follows: The title of the sketch is SIN
Woman's Stare, in which Colonel Nc.
Merry makes a call on the lady man
ayers of the Worlds fair. 1t concludes
with a dispute between the 'Naypol-
tan ice cream woman and the 'tooty
frooty' lady manager"
"Thin Mrs. Potther Pammer says,
Girls, says she, come to ordher, she
says. There do be business iv impor-
lance to thransact.' An with that a
poor, lone man climbs on tn platform.
He do, be tn guy they've stint out firm
Wash'n'ton for to steer tn girls right
on parlymeenthry law, an he looks as
woorid an ongweed, as Tiddy says, as
a polissman in a pianny concert.
They've no more than set in than an IL
ligant lukin m she stands up an
says she, Ladies' she says, 4 moves
we has Naypoltan ice crane at tn
loonch-on.' Pint iv order, says a gray
haired old lady. Pint iv order, says
she. 'Shtate ye'er pint iv order, says
Mrs. Pammer, says she. 'Th' pint iv
ORDER, says the gray haired lady, 'th'
pint iv order says she, lis that tn
lady is not ia akin to tn question,
she says. I'VE a-are here to discuss,
she says, fol why shud not wimmen
take their proper STARE, says she. An,
BESIDES, says she, 'tooty frooty have
been ordhered already 'Th' pint is
well taken says Mrs. Pammer. 1T is
not, says tn first lady. 4 want for to
say that Naypoltan ice crane shud be
ordered she says, for tn loonch-on
an nothin the old shkate'-no, by gar,
she didn't say that, Jawn-'th' old
lady, she says, that shpoke last, says
she, cant make me set down. says
che. Whose old 2 says tn old lady.
'Ye mink says she. 'Ye'er a dishturb-
er iv TIL peace. she says. Set down,
says all tn ladies that do be on til
side iv tn Naypoltan ice crane lady,
an 'Thrun her out, says all them that's
with tn lady with the white hair.
Ladies, says Mrs. Pammer. 'Ordher,
she says, wallopin tn table with a fan.
Will ye set DOWN. says tn white
haired wan. 'Niver,' says tn Naypol.
tan ice crane wan, till l gets me
rights, an whin l gets home she says,
III be tillin me husband-boo hoo,
says she. cryin, what a horrid way I've
been threated.'
Thin tn other wan, she begins tc
weep, an then all tn pa-artizans iv TIL
Naypoltan lady an tn white haired
tooty frooty lady they hollers, too. an
Mrs. Pammer, she consults with tn
man firm Wash'n'ton, AN thin she raps
with her fan an says, Ladies' says
she, let us be friends, she says. will
ye both accipt an amendment for tc
have both Naypoltan an tooty frooty on
tn tablef' we will, says they both in
wan breath. Thin says Mrs. Pam
mer, : tits SO ordered. Thin up jumps
a little woman, an she says, says she,
4 moves, she says, that we gives tn
hankchef %saloot. she says. TO our prisi-
dent. she says, SIR her able manner,
she says. 'iv maxim tn white winged
angel iv peace shpread his wings she
says, over the scene, says she. An thin
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