New-York tribune., 1900-04-28
THE PASSING THRONG.

Alfred Gardiner of St. Louis. in speaking Of the
supreme importance small sum Of money Will
occasionally assume. said yester-
HAD 100000 day at the Hoffman House: "A
WITH HIM friend of mine afforded a good ex-
BUT NO ample of this recently. He Is the
READY CASH assistant counsel OF of the
great trunk lines. and In the
course Of his duties he was called upon to WISH
this city and receive So eooooo worth Of negotiable
bonds. The transaction went through without a
hitch. he got the bonds. placed them in his hand
satehel and caught the first train for home. where
he had to be the following day. When the Pull
man conductor came around for his ticket he
made the annoying discovery that he was all but
out of ready money. ali that he could dig UP from
his various pockets making sum total of 30 cents
Explaining his predicament to the conductor. he
told him who he and showed his annual pass
on the railroad. but the conductor would have
pay his fare or get back In the day coach There
was nothing for II but 70 obey and he was YEARLY
making his way through the train. when his woe
was changed to Joy by his running across an ac-
he he saa n TnS he
doubted IL any one had ever been caught in simi-
property actually in his possession he was about
to be forced TO sit up all night because he could
not raise the price Of a berth"
Franklin Willis of Washington. d. C.. said yes
terday at the Fifth Avenue Hotel: "A lion story
I read the other day In The Trib-
TOUR OF A reminded of incident
STARRING that happened in Washington a few
LION. years back You may remember
some time ago your papers here
came out with thrilling accounts of a lion that had
escaped from his keeper in the city. rushed mady
through the streets and into stable. where he
killed horse and was finally recaptured be-
lieve 1t was afterward shown that the whole thing
fake but be that 1t may, the strength
of the widely spread free advertisement he had
ceived the lion taken a the star Of
theatrical company. and his name in large letters
appeared for time on the billboards of the prin-
Pa Bbqcus ees wa OF the a Of His PRESS Wn0 like
SSSrloed S him m In !rdescent language as the blood
tS 9y the until only one one man among the
was possessed of suficient courage TO enter his
cage and that at $50 O'Clock that evening at the
performance of the lion on the Streets it is need
less, less to say say was taken fun adyantage of by the
due course of time the show reached Washington
place.
THE night was present" continued Mr.. Willis.
when the curtain rose the lions act. there was
disclosed impressive scene. In
A MOST the centre of the stage great
UNLIONLIKE cage. occupied by that ferociouS
PftOCEEDlNG. and man-eatng king of beasts. At
side supported a
great iron bar. one end Of which was at a white
heat. and sizzlcd in most impressive manner.
Numerous and divers 'supers' grouped pict-
-uresquely about, armed with pitchforks, which,
IT developed later. We're 10 be used to pen the lion
III q corner, while the braVeSt of the brave made
his first entrance into the cage. At either end OF
the cage. on the side toward the audience. was a
door, attached to which stout ropes which
four men upon each rope kept taut and thus pre-
vented the fierce animal from springins out and
finding piece of light or dark meat among the
characters stically mixed audience. After delay.
evidently Tor the purpose of allowing these impress
Sive details to sink into the minds of the audi
ence and inspire them with awe. the hero of the
evening was introduced He turned out to he a
knIock-kneed, X understood, pasty faced fellow, in
ill-htung brown tights, a tin breastplate. Roman
broadswOrd and helmet. and modern six-shOOter.
After an appropriate speech of Introduction had
been made, and the lion with some difficulty had
pitchforks, of the doors opened JUS far
enough to allow that brave man to enter. and he
stood in the presence of his natural enemy. The
pitChforks were withdrawn. and the man, rapidly
the beast angriy switching his TAIL doing the same
But when the opposite door reached well
had those superS' done their work that they had
Jammed IL and IL would not open. The men outside
avail, for that wretched door stuck fast Nothing
was left but to go back 10 the other door, and
firing the one shot left to him. that fearless
started This new part of the programme
not been trained for he stuck his tail between his
legs in most unlonlike manner and positively
hOwled with fear as he tried to get as far from
the man he could. When the hero out at
overw helmed by their attentions. which took the
shape of anything that loose that TO
hand. Howls, grOanS and Kisses greeted him, and
finally huge sailor leaped upon the platform and
twisting the lions tail the manifestly Irish,
and the curtain rung down to stop the
think that must have ended that show conclud-
ed Mr.. Willis, Tor have never heard of il since.
MRS. CORNELI4 r. RHO4DES'S WILL.