The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-29


that l rolled over on my downy couch
at a. m. and thanked the governor
for his proclamation. l was not long
! left in peace however. Some contound-
ed carpenters began hammering next
door and it was all off as far as sleep
was concerned. This brings me to the
point of my tale. There is in New Eng
| land a mean spirit of some sort that
| gets into men and makes them work
! on holidays. To my mind this has al
ways seemed a mark of niggardliness
A man who won't take a holiday when
| he can just as well as not is a poor sort
| of creature. 1t is all very well to have
an interest in ones business and work
/ overtime If necessary for the good of
the profession, but when general hol-
| iday is proclaimed it ought to be OBJ
| served unless there is serious cause for
! not doing so. The carpenters who were
! working near me yesterday had no rea-
son for hammering away except that
| they are Cheap Johns and have to
work every moment in order to under
bid other workmen.
This incident, which is true to the
letter. illustrates the exquisite courte-
sy shown by some of the theatrical
profession. In a hotel where many ac-
! tors stop, a member of a certain COM
pany came out Of the dining room yes
| terday picking his teeth with his PEN
| knife and, strolling up to where the
! wife of the landlord sat reading the
morning paper, said: Say. that's The
| Spy, amt it? The paper what has all
| the theatre news?" Mrs Landlord
| looked at the man with slight eleva-
| ton of the eyebrows and made some
| reply. The man planted himself square
| ly behind the lady and began reading
from the same side of the paper. And
in the evening, he went on the stage to
| play the gallant society man in a
| drama of high life!
! I was a passenger on one of the cleo
| tries going to the Gaelic football game
| at the Oval yesterday afternoon and
the car was filled with others going to
the same place. 1t is perhaps needless
! to say the men were not Swedes, nor
| Italians nor Germans. They were as
| full of fun and wit as | was of turkey
and l enjoyed their game of talk When
we got to Lincoln Park we had to wait
a few minutes, and the passengers be-
gan to get impatient as they wanted
| to get to the game Whats your hur-
rye" asked one fellow, sitting next to
me. TITS warmer here than it is
where the wind can ate you. Sure well
| all freeze to death when we get there"
| ''This'd be good day to have a bottle
| wild you" piped up a fellow in the cor
ner. "A bottle is it?" came from a fell
low at the other end of the car. FAX
and bottled be no good widout some
thin in it, And I agreed with him
The price of turkeys had an effect
upon their consumption in this city
|
were sold so low before so many wera
never before purchased, nor so many
consumed in a single day. A conserva-
tive dealer estimates that $4,000 birds
were cooked in this city alone, and
| that a much larger number was sold
! during the three days before Thanks
| giving.
It happened the other day that lit
tie old man. who evidently was born
| before bathtubs were an institution,
and well dressed, middle aged woman
| with rights of her own and a will to
defend them, met in one of the subur-
| ban trolley car stations outside the
city. The old gentleman pulled from a
greasy pocket, a small black pipe,
which he loaded with tobacco from a
blue paper package Applying match
to the torch he puffed clouds of smoke
in keen enjoyment. The woman shifted
and wriggled a few moments before
she saw her duty clear. Then she
! tapped the old man on the shoulder
and said "Sir, will you do a lady a
kindness?" "Sartainly sartainly," said
the old fellow, What is it?" will you
please stop smoking that pipe?" The
old gentleman put the pipe out Then
he gave his attention to his boots which
seemed to hurt him Finally he took
one of them off. The woman shifted
the air again, suspicously, walked out,
came back and accosted the old fellow
a second time. Sir" she said. will
you do me another kindness?" Sure, &"
said the old fellow, what is it?" "Will
you phase smoke your pipe again. -
said she. Them women is so change
able" said the old fellow, as he COM
DIied with her reoIIaSt