The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05

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srousc. ii matteced but little that he was
Speaking in a language foreign 10 tn" ell
tir" audience. The chord of sympathy was
touched. and they Hpplaudei unanimously.
And | was To follow like Il Greek chorus
like Ih- crack of a rifle after the booming
of Il cannon. What an an~ti-ciiInaX! What Il
shock 10 the auditors. X would never do.
So. S~raSping the yolumirous manuscript i
was supposed to read. | stepped forward
ana said. Ladies' and gentlemen, Mr.. Sal
WINS beautiful Grafton 10 which You have
just listened is ami then | apparently
endeavored to deciphor the writing. glancinE
neryously upward ii the lights as though
they were inSufticient-'iS a long one, so
may I. with Your permission, just quote FOX
Won his most eloquent peroration: 'TC-day
SHAKESPEARE and Mel1homen2. with hands
4, Cllspcb weep before the mute lips of one
who was their wor;hieSt interpreter" :
Then ! resumed my seat amid the thankful
applause Of the entire house.
~.-
As soon as the exercises were over. a
friend said to me: Miller, Mr.. Irving wish
IS to be Introduced / was. of course, de-
lighted, and as We walked towards where
Mr.. Irving MAS Standing visions of what he
might say "a me danced through my brain.
Was be impressed with my work.? Would
i,hr ui.-r M" an enlargement; in his COM
j rany" T. he diG. would J hc justified in
I leaving lay present position? M this was
! sfli in my mind a. he rraspcd my hand
aud said;
Mr.. Miller. allow ne t" congratulate
vorI upon the manner in which you acted
this aftcrnuou. II was charming
Il thanked MIN for his an2roba;ion. which
l saii was the more preeiuis as it was
- ---- III HI a.,
rided me in adopting thE profession as a
livelihood.
WAY. Nir. Miller said MIR. Irving. quite
astuuiShed. are you an artor:"
Mr.. Miller paused in his story. and then,
with Il merry twinkle in his cyes, he said:
Il was Younger then. and it was several
hours before | Was able to appreciate the
numor Of his remark
When benjamin HARRISON was being en-
tertaiaed ut Mount Nc':regUr by ". j. Ar
kelI. Marshall +. wilder was also a guest
of The publisher cf judy. ON the PreSi-
dents a:riya. dt the village It hig crowd
turre,! nut "a welcome Tim. Mr.. Presi-
dent" said Wilder. VII" WIS in the mob. Il
rs,;rct the fact exceedingly. hut | felt sure
there would be = large concoUrse Of our
friends down mere to greet ne. / under
stand they have a brass band ana | fear
they VIII make a great t:u!labaioO. | sin
ccrciy trust that the noise will not disturb
your :IXceliency."
on night wilder. HuGalo Bill. Steele
Naotaye ard William Muido"n were going
home from the L-amae' club wien they en-
roUutvreI fpEr young men who were roar
irg and uth"f Wis mi-..'laVirg III tn" usual
Wv ii drunken youth. They IL. listed On
raviH@ a quarrel with she mill lambs. but
the latter. naturally desiring 1" avoid an I'M
s,rmly row, sacaked away. Cad, boys"
said Wilder. suppose w really had given
them the lsht they wanted. What an
awakening would have bon theirs" II is
known that wilder actually kept a straight
face when he sail eye |
IN tn voiriainous correspondents" OF vari-
OTIS .de c~:irtiars that AiiHs Anna HID re-
ceives daily from strangers who have seer
nor in Tho Little i.uchesS'' at the Casino :
there cane 70 hand an unusual biilct-douX
from an anonymous correspondent. signing ,
himself The Drummer Poet" After in
forming Miss Hyli that he saw and en-
ioyeI the performance on Christmas night. !
he Tasscs into ]poetical e!fusion evidently
calculated to acquaint the actress with the
circumstances that led To his appearance
at the thea;er that night. Thus runs the
lay:
On a Christmas night rejecting
Where TO go and what To 10.
WAS core p.rplexed. selecting
That amusement best 10 sue
Thought of struliinc In the ClooTtl~e,
Through the park to WOO the night. |
Wien tho stars are brightly blooming
Had the better Of my Plight |
Eat a sudden turn a-tsking.
Something more saliTsnin= brought
On my thinking in a breaking"
Quite diverse becaIn' my Thought.
Twas n vision Of the lighting /
on a spacious corner wall
Words in fe the board deiiShti1g.
Told me where I ought to call
Anna ibid. The Little Duchess
Shone St strong before my view:
Their. was something f"r my 'biuoness'-
TO that spot in haste l new;
Hero is one Wider tells OF an old Jewish
friend. VINO had retired from Wall street
with a competency: I'm afraid I'm not
going to live long" walled the Retired
One.
"Pish.'' replied Wilder. You are only. 81 .
now. and I'll bet you'll live to be a hun
No. no. insisted the old broker; the
Lord will never take me at par when he
can get me for sixty
According to Wilder. the London cab
man is the most sarcastic of men. During /
|, recent visi: in the worlds metropolis our
humorous little friend hailed d cab, which
to be drawn by Il painfully ema-
ia ted horse. While he was getting in an
,ther cab came along and the driver yelled:
Hey. Bill, I see yer goin' to ave a new !.
oss."
who told you so?" growled Marshairs
why. I see you ave the framework
here was the reply. ~
After one of his performances in a New
FORK vaudeville house, MI Wilder was met
~ a good-natured old chap. VINO wanted
u compliment hin, on mis- turn. oh. Mr..
Wider" he exclaimed. there was one good !
among those stories you told"
HIM" returned the Disconnected story
eller. We'll I suppose that was better p,
han missing the point of all of them"
" I
Nine. Lillian Blauvelt, who returned to !