The San Francisco call., 1899-02-12

L IN y of it. To be able to make a
mountain out of mole hill is
a rudimentary law in the ethics of her
profession. But her mathematical 1eat
pales into insignificance when compared
to the modern Journalist. Given nothing
to add to nothing, he computes the sum
total as something. Proof: The vast
amount of printers ink spilled over the
two little decorative pages who are to
appear for brief moment at the Mard1
Gras.
The two pages in question are not those
of fame that were stolen out of Satan
book, but on the contrary they are two
diminutive fairies of fourteen years each
who are wont nightly to raise the hopes
and fancies of the occupants OF the bald
headed row. These two damSels, in rea
tights, are to appear at the Mardi Gras
Davis and Duval are the aristocratil
names of these two necessaries of royalty
and for consideration they are to play
for brief time attendance on the king,
and then for the sake of well-regulated
propriety they will disappear from mortal
gaze, and return to their MiSsion-street
homes. Not even a taste of the royal
bumper is to be the portion of the two
little hirelings. Sad their lot, yet So
ciety has decreed that they are to add to
the realism of the festivities; not under
any consideration are they to be partlci-
pants.
The fastidious Ned has chosen the two
pages, and this is guarantee to the
chappies, who swear by Greenway and
his dictums, that the pages will be
dreams of brief delight and sources of
pleasure for the reason that, although
their compilations may be detachable,
their will look just as natural as they
do from the front row. l could really
give a cheer for Ned. The horrid papers
have placed him in the wrong light in this
matter of the pages. Really, there was
no quarreling among the chorus at the
Tivoli as a result of the choice of Misses
Davis and Duval. They were secured for
a consideration, dearest Peg, you know,
and simply because we girls refused to
follow the example of gay Paris. 1t was
because of this that Greenway, after con-
sulting many of his friends and others
who are to be there, hit on the plan of
perfecting the evening by securing the
two pages
They had to have the pages, for who
ever heard of a King without them, and
since Jack Wilson is to be the Merry
Monarch, and you know that Jack is a
connofsseur, why of course he insisted on
the real thing. So Prince Carnival will
have his court attendants, including the
pages, Notwithstanding what the papers
say, and there is no denying that So
ciety is looking forward to this feature
and under it's breath is congratulating it.
self that Ned took the stand that he did.
The Herald, court jester-in fact all
the rest of the royal party, have been
chosen from the sacred inner circle.
Harry Dimond, with becoming modesty,
forgot his shyness long enough to consent
to delight the merry revelers in a cos
tune fully befitting the Herald to H. r.
H. Prince Carnival. Tony Hellman is to
be court jester, and he can be depended
upon to right merrily jingle his bells
those internally as well as the external
ones Two naval officers will shed the
glory of gold lace on the regal party.
Who the two court ladies will be no
one, not even the power behind the
throne, seems to know. We girls always
do the
YOU'D scarce expect one of my age
To speak upon the public stage"
Act when we are asked to do anything