Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-30
SAGE AND THE INDIANS.
He Watched the Carlis1es Eat Turkey
 On Invitation of Ills Wife

New York. Nov 3O.-AIrs Russell Sage entertained the Carlisle Indians who compose the football team at her home on Fifth avenue Thanksgiving day She had sent a special invitation to the members of the team at their quarters in the Fifth Avenue hotel and asked them to call on her in a body, Is she was interested i'll the work of tne Indian school and wished to observe the effect of civilization on the red men.
 The Indians responded and were ad- mitted by the butler. Mrs Sage was in the reception room and greeted them kindly. She took them about the house, showed them many unique relies, and then related the histories of those ancient things.
 Shortly after the inspection of the premises Mrs Sage asked the Indians into the dinging room, where colla- tion was served. MT Sage was at home at the time and expressed the greatest astonishment at their visit. He was unaware of the invitation extended ny his wife. and as she said she had in- tended it as q surprise to him he re- mained silent. He expressed greater astonishment when he observed the appetites the Carlisle boys brought With them and the manner in which they used the yiands set forth. It is said Mr Sage, though officially present, did not look with unqualified approval on the matter. It even is re- marked that Mir Sage stood in cor her of the room with a pad of paper, and groaned each time q new helping of cold turkey was called for. From q description furnished it appears the scene was somewhat as follows: Mir Sage, as he stood in the corner. tried in vain to appear calm and collected. but when one Indian for the fifth time i demanded:
 some more of the dark meat please, with a little stufing. the aged finan- eier, with dire poverty staring him in the face, was seen steo drop q silent tear.
 Grooming inWardly. he said to him. self:
 Suffering Gas Stocks! There goes another 50 cents. That big Indian there has used up 4n.cents worth If good cold turkey which with care and economy would have listed Mrs Sage and myself nearly q week. And that other dusky fellow ron 1fe end, I know he has eaten 20 cents worth of marron glace., This will force me to ask my wife for some change. So I may break even. I wonder if I'd not better ais- pose of a few shares of Manhattan Elevated to make up this awful dis crepancy? l shall have. to knock at least $2.50 off the price of that over coat I was about to purchase
 As Mir Sage looked again he made rapid calculation and found that, al- lowing for the Fragments of the feast there stil1 was q deficiency of S455 This undoubtedly would require the watering of little more stock in order to save him from utter financial ruin. Looking at the frayed edge of his trousers he said Z
 '.I suppose now I will have to aban- don the idea of purchasing that new pair of $1.9S trousers I looked at this morning. 1t will be. too expensive Too expensive"
 The meal came to an end and the In dians. who appeared i'll at ease, made known their intention of forsaking the Sage wigwam in favor Of the hotel. Mrs Sage took them apart one by one, and with q graceful. mother1y air, handed each dollarrbill with which to purchase neckwaar. Then they la- parted and Mrs Sage: it is said. turned around just i'll time to see her husband swoon away on the hall settee.- The last blow had been too severe for ih.. aged financier. Eleven dollars at one fell swOop proved too much for him altogether. and adding to this the S4 70 for the luncheon. he could hear the bowling of the wolf at the portal.
 It is feared serious results may fol- low this prodigality on the part of Mrs Sage.