The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24
BRIEF N00N-TINB TALKS BY
MYLES OHARA, HUMORlST.
How a Famous Singer Wanted Fifteen Thousand
Dollars to Sing Ten Minutes on
the Outside
DUKES AND BLUE-BLOODED NOBLEMEN,
AMERICAN GIRLS AND BIG. PARTIES.
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NEW YORK, February 23.-"D' ye
reminder the story l toWld you about
that timer singer, who in his airlier days
wuz a prize baby at Barnums Museum!'
l seq to Iangin.
snure, 1 do, NIyles; but sometimes
think you were only thryin to take a
rise out ov me-"
'.Begor, it wud be poor bizness; I'm
now goin' to till you story that KNOCKS
SmithereenS out Ov it.
AN is this thrue, too?'
g 81 vouch fur its voracity- Thin timer
singers are in graft demands in the the
ayturs. churches, hotels, an the houses
of millionayers."
Among the aristokrats?"
.What dye main?" [ axed. you
know, oy coorse, that it isn't aisy fur,
a man Murkin' days wurk on the Dig
pipes to lay away a fortchune"
mo one knows it betther than NEE
seir.''
..rhrue for you But, in order to
stretch out the little airnins I make IN
the daytime, I hould a job as super
in the nighttime at the opera"
as it show acthur you are!
''Yis, in q measure.
AN, for the love of Heavin, Myles,
what do you act on the stage?'
QUITE VERSATILE.
showlder gun, or a battle-axe, or -four
ish a sword; then, agin, I'm a juke or
a count or a common, everyday man ov
the people-without spakin a word"
..'Pon me conscience, Myles, tbs meself
that wud like to see you in yure stage
regalia-
There's one man in this opera COM
pany named John D. Risky. He's tin
ner an he's the biggest ov thin all, so
far as singin', actin, an pay goes. Up
to this sayson, I hear, he niver TUX q
job on the outside, Notwithstanding the
fact that all the big, rich min an womin,
in whit they call society was afther him
to sing in their houses. All the Wander
bits, full contingiment of the Asthurs,
an many others; but he refused them
ALL
HE must be a moighty Independent
man, Myles?"
"He is; but indepindent min sometimes
waiken. d. Risky, great timer and
CRATER acthur as he is, can't how'd out
agin timptachon to do a little in the
outside, purvidin it is worth his while.
We'd do it ourselves, Mike.
That's REASONABLE enuff."
This D. Risky had frind, Mr.. G.
Goowld, son of the late J. Goould. I'm
tellin' you this on the strength of what
I heard while supin' on the stage.
-s.:Arrah, Myles, shure no one wud want
any betther authority for Voracity thin
that, wud they?
George Goould was goin' to give big
.tay party, or a mixed-ale party, or din
ner-dance, on an ext1nsiye scale, in his
own house, an he sez to himself, SEE
he: All thin other millionaires have
failed to hire D. Riskey to sing for thin
privately, but, as. I'm a personal frind.
I'll land him an pay him for his wurl1.''
a MATTER OF FRIENDSHIP.
..Shure, you don't call singin' wurk at
ali?"
= "ris-for thin that kin do nothin' bet
ther. Bein' q frinl of D. Riskey. Mr..
Gould whit up to him an sed, calm him
be his Christian name: John, seq he.
we have always bin good frinds, and
I'd take it as graft faver if you wud
only cum around to the house the night
of the party an sing fur about tin min
nits; an, not to impose on yure good
naychure. you kin name syure- own price
Wild that D. Riskey blushed an hegi-s
tated. Thin, wild the becumin' modesty
belonging to all timer singers. he
answered: George. you know I niver
sing on the outside, not even for the
Emperor of Germany; but. as yure me
frind consent. =
S. Wasn't that daycent?'
Just wait an hear. Thin George
Goould an John D. Riskey shook hands.
an George up an SEE: Now for the
price you ax?'
We'll, seq D. Riskey. Since yure me
frind, we'll say tin thousand dollars. !,
Mccarthy stood ur in his excitement.
What! IS Tin thousand dollars fur
sIngin tin minutes? Arrah! what are
you givin' me ?''
Nothin but the plain, Embarrassed
thruth, Dan
An did D. Riskey sing ~
N EXTRA PRIZE s6ts
mot yet . but. besor, Il tink he wud.
orsGeorse Goould is q graft. big. liberal.
hearted fellow-only the fellow who man
sigts D. Riskey wanted to make something.
for himself. So George Goould after he
got over his surprise at the tin thousand
zdollars.sez: %. Riskey. that high