Evening star., 1901-08-15

cabinet minister made a deplorable break.
Mr.. Thompson stepped sin: front of yicto-
ria's youngster aHnk achisving a most pro-
found bow, q, comPiete skotow, the back OF
his head being only visible, said. as he re-
covered the perpendicular.
May II please y0T wyalf highness, this
is the room of the rejected modeis.''
He himself besanse.a q rsjeeted model from
disgusted., angry. This was inadmissible,
an outrage, breach OF all etiauette. The
revelation of his iheogffto! A South Sea
Islander should have Z: known better. He
else. What the dickens had anybody to do
with his royal highness?
An Old setipg Place.
Old Apollo Hail. on Pennsylvania avenue.
opposite the Natieaal Theater. was a pop
ular resort IN thbse days. It has since
been demolished. It was just below Jimmy
Maher's Globe Hotel The Freeman's Vigil
liant Total Abstinence Association used to
have its crowded meetings there, presided
over by our old departed fellow-citizen,
George Savage. the brush maker. Here
one Of the most eloquent orators 1 ever
listened to-Thomas f. Marshall of Ken
tucky-used to astonish and enrapture
eager audiences on the subject of temper
ance and an Irishman n named Whipple used
to sing and enact bits OF character comedy
night after night
witnessed several .memorab BILE scenes in
old Apollo Hall. I,knew Morrow well, the
man who owned the property. He was a
terribly nervous, frascible man, and I
guess his temper was not much improved
from the fact that he had totally lost his
voice from some bronchial trouble and
could not speak beyond violent whisper;
which he so projected that 1t could be
heard for some distance. The fun Of it to
US boys was that he "cussed and swore
like trooper" and''that struck us all so
comicaIIy in conjunction with his. whisper.
IN -
There was a big meeting one night in the
hall On the platform, were assembled
Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism.
and his first. disciples. He, told the mar
vels of his mission. IL
Indian Parental Authority.
There was grand powwow Of winne-
bago Indians there one night, dance, war
paint, wigwam. Or congress. &C.. under
their head chief, Little Hnr." tough.
wiry, .bowlegged little fellow. All went
merry as a marriage bell Until fire water
got two young, handsome braves into bat
tie with naked swords, with which they
were slashing at each others naked hides.
The eagle eye of bittle Hill took it in at
once I never saw such diabolical rage on
any face before or. since. He blazed all
over till he was almost incandescent. He
made a wild leap with a war whoop be-
tween the enraged eombatants. They were
both his own sons-when he perceived that
the chords on his temples Writhed like SER
pents He burst into sound, In the Wlnne-
bago language AS soon as the first sylla-
bles struck the atmosphere the miracle
was done.
The youths drew away from each other,
scowling. watchful, but thoroughly sub
dued. A few more words in the Winnebago
from the chief, a muttered remonstrance
from the boys, then words like lightning
and thunder, and threatening attitude on
the part of Little Hill First one of his
= 0,r1oy piocf fxro1x nd cI1r-
rendered his sword to his father. Then
came the other and did likewise The
father clutched both swords in a giant 8
grasp, lifted one knee and snapped them
to pieces, which flew in all directions. He
pointed his finger and gave another short.
sharp command. 1t was beautiful sight
better than anything on the stage-the
boys came together put their arms about
each others neck and marched out of the
hall to their quarters, where they had been
ordered.