The sun., 1900-08-19
MS dope" IN HER MuSIC ROLL
Embsrrassment Of Young woman whose
Brother PLAYED the Races

Among the young people who attended an
evening socable at a well-known New Jersey
seashore resort the other evening was a young
woman from this city visiting friends at the
place. She Ia an expert on the piano and
her friends had arranged the affair pur-
posely 10 give her a chance TO show her ac-
compishments. In the letter that was sent
inviting her to spend a couple of weeks az the
place she was asked especially TO bring her
own music with her, as everybody al the re-
sort was Just dying" To hear her play. When
she arrived and her trunk was unpacked one
OF the first articles that came to view WAS
a dark leather musicro that bulged out. Her
friends clapped their hands in delight in antic-
ipation Of the great musical treat in store.
They wanted her to try some Of it right away
but the girl pleaded fatigue. and with visits
and receiving callers the r-ne was well taken
up until the evening Of the sociable.
After going through the formalities of being
introduced the visitor Was finally asked by the
hostess TO play something The big bulging
music roll was produced and the girl went 10
the piano accompanied by the inevitable young
man to turn Twlrling tho stool around
seated herself and placing the music roll in her
lap, unfastened the strap. II required sew
eral turns, Of the roll to disclose The contents,
fell to the noor
The young man who had volunteered to do
them up while ths girl looked on in a perpleIed
way, but this look gave way 90 ono of morti;
flcstion when he handed her the clippings and
she saw that they were something relating 70
horse races. She stammered that there must
be some mistake and that she had not received
no mistake had been made when her own friends
assured her that II wns the same one she had
brought with her. Many Of those present by
this time had gathered around the cmbar-
rassad girl, plying her with all sorts Of ques-
tons. until finally one young man. who had
picked up the roll and was examining It's con-
tents called out
Dope exclaimed several Of he women. In
chorus. What in goodness docs he mean'"
They stared a I re girl seated on the piano
stool. who looked as n size was about 10 cry.
One woman said loud enough for every one to
hear that she had read about dope hends,
which she thought was something connected
th opium SIN king, but she didn't know that
Il was made Of paper, The young man who
had made the discovery that the ron contained
dope" explained that the dope he referred to
was but horse racing dope, or in other words, a
record OF the races. This statement straight
ened things out a bit. but he made big hit
with the owner 9f the music roll and her friends
receiving an answer In tho Affirmative he re-
marked that Of course that explained the whole
thing, for, probably tie brother played the
races and had put the dope" In the music roll
by mistake.
When the girl returned home the first one of
t.e family 70 s greet her was % her brother Her
asksd her what was UP she snapped at him:
Jack do you play the races"
but h how did You find it outS She sared at
him a moment and then said:
well, I've got your dope: In the explana-
music roll to carry the dope" in, thinking the
roll was an old one and not in use. A share In
possible winnings Strengthened out matters.