The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28
WHEN he pLA9ED OSCAR WILD ),
An Artistls Fahnr E2perinee Ct the
Home of a Friend in Paris.

new YORK c6nirns9rc a Adyertiser g
a fiTnny thing ilappgned ofiee in
Paris at the horne of an artist friend
OF mine" The painter remarked to the
fellows VINO had dropped into his
studio foi a drink Of tea.
ii was an experisnce With The late
Oscar Vyildes sIld, need hardly add
it was Ions ago, when " enjoyed
a considerable amount Of popularity
ana some respecs stank mad invited
him to spend the ekening there. and
had asked 81 good naany people 70 meet
hirn-5. a few Of ussnaore saVpreu ones
had dined there before the crowd came.
Alp this WAS w-isII- NJ ilde used TO dress
50 peculiarly in FelNetS, and *lf1en be
wore his hair long, and, in snort, did
expect hun about - oIclecks nut the
time passed. 10 10 SO and 10 40 were
reached, and no Oscar. ftnafly 13iaIlk
came to ne IN much perturbation. -
Old chap he e,zssl aimed. yotJye
got TO help me out Wilde as evidently
not coming. and we can t. disaRpQint
the crowd. q 4 here are some old togs
and a wig IN the studio which you can.
put on, ana IN Introduce you as the
50 oyer we vent to the stndie, just
hack Of the. hossses and when we. got
+ through I was the most awful gay yolI
ever saw, with a Ions blonde wig, q
black velvet suit and really a raj Ne r
absent guest So we made. ogT way
back to the house, were. smuggled in
at the front door and j was announced
as the great Oscar. Just While Z was
doing my act. 10 cur ptter harTor. and
mazenent, who sfltAsid be graselsT ans
n5rlfee6 by the frim French butler but
Monsieur Wilder Yeu fellows can
fancy. The an1oHut OF sl<iy'sfi shing it
took TO get me away j made q break
for the ronsersa tory, ma aaged . get
UP l1eF-window. and jumped ten. feet
to The grass lascIs, and II didn't take
me fohg to shed those clothes. either.
.-Blauk said ne was never more ef1-
baFrassed in his Life nv Ite bad come
were coRstised with Dapeh ter = Sud
denly there Was silence and aeo1lsfefTlsa-
ton and he knew so71ethinS Z ,ttas up.
bet as / had 6isapB areds he seoultln T
make it AL out ft took both. Nh: and
Mrs. Blank some few m oraents 70 re-
cover their self-possessicrl.. and the
iaiYT iSyvagrC ness WAS not ITO be mistaken.
However Wide soon took tIless 3oors
and IN y little While he had eSer5stl7ing
his own way and the sptire Assem-
recall thats he talked ostensi bly, TO a
| pre- ttyf girl from Philads4p hias thoEsh,
in truth, he knew syerstofe WAS iisten1
ing !.
and yOlt1 are from t-ttil Sf0 81 on Ftrs
he said, with a w6nderfui E.ngfisiI ac-
cent for he had a, lovely yoice she
admitted, the iuiBeac flment.. Ah, ses,
he went ops-.I recall your pubic Schopis
thefes But my dear Miss Penn you
crowd the young Mind With so much
7 learning thAfe Yeu teach Them grea,s
quantities Of arithmetic OF grammar
and geOsra ply and you. ign6rei the
heeuti full For me. r. would train them
! in q kindergarten systerksa I'd put a
/ b6aufffuP 1i65wer ia q lovely vase Of
! exquisite color and I'd let them look
4 at thati Thus would I instilI ia them
a. love for the esthetic, vas a
Z nervy3speeeh. delivered ,Fltb sEreat lRc7
\ tio7i ard Satisfaction and We all mar
! yelled at the nanisgcofppla ceucy- Later,
again1to this young PhiIadelphia LADY
4 he said:
= You knoH . ny deaf Miss Penn,
i there are oTfy two cities In all the
world worth living tn--loRdon and Yo-
indeed she, ro4hea S.let me sse
J Mr.. Wilde. Yokei1a ma is ia China. IS
) il not2' This with fzsfief enlbarrassed
on I say he nrpr1nusedss with
much pity At her ignorapeev While his
4 eyebrows raised. All the CHESTS tel
4 We'll. yeu see. Agr, wTildesgeand she
spoke with STeati del her atien, 50 thai
\ not a Word escaped the eroyF q the
I brought me up3toH yQlrf kind ergarter
'systesa and. ana afraid J didH.s pay
I mach ate rstfQD ftpc gRogFafa3lyi ~ Al1C
4 We felt She distinctly had him oa1stlae
ee54. A Bishep's Joke. 3