The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-09-12
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Short Stories
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On one occasion at dinner at Balliol
the masters guests discussed the ca
reers Of two Balliol men, one of whom
had just been made a Judge and the
other bishop. "Oh," said one, Il
think the bishop is the greater man.
A Judge, at the most, can only say, You
be hanged, but bishop can say, You
be damned" "Yes," tersely remarked
the master, "but If the judge says You
be hanged you are hanged"
Sir Henry Irving declares that once,
when he was playing "Othello' in a
small town in the then Washington Ter
ritory, his audience was composed for
the most part Of miners. When we
came to the handkerchief scene, where
Othello demands the handkerchief of
Desdemona many times" he says, Il
noticed that the audience was becom-
ingly exceedingly nervous. About the
third time the demand for the handker-
chief was repeated a large Irishman
in the rear of the house shouted: Wipe
your nose on your Slave, you nayger,
and let the play go on.'"
Frank Reilly, a track-walker, was the
victim of peculiar accident at Port
Costa recently. He was standing near
a switch to siding on which freight
trains generally wait for the passenger
trains to pass. He saw young lady
walking on the siding, and, believing
her to be In danger, gesticulated ve-
hemently to cause her to step from be-
tween the rails. She, in her turn, see
ing the oncoming freight train, mo-
toned back to him that he was in dan
ger. AS the train came nearer both
became the more earnest in their shout
ing and gesticulating, while neither
thought of stepping off the tracks.
Reilly proved to be in the wrong. The
freight, instead Of taking the siding,
went straight through. While he was
still trying to cause the young lady
to get out of the way Of supposed dan
ger, the train struck him from behind,
hurllng him from the track and break
ing his right arm in two places, badly
cutting his head and brulsing his side.
He will recover.
Apropos of the death Of John w.
Mackay, the New York Herald remarks
that one of the notable episodes Of the
residence of the Mackays In Paris was
that which connected them with Meis-
sonier. The great French artist was
commissioned by Mr.. Mackay to paint
a portrait of his wife for the sum of
seventy-ive thousand francs. When ii
was delivered the Mackays decided that
1t was entirely unworthy of the sub
ject and of the painter. Il wanted a
Meissonier," he said, mot Meissonier
painting slovenly imitation of Ca
banel" This criticism was indorsed by
some artists who had seen the picture.
1t was said that the French artist,
deeming anything to be good enough
for Nevada, took no pains with the
work, that he had produced it after an
insufficient number of sittlngs, and had
hastily painted In the hands from one
of his models. Furthermore, the por-
trait showed woman ten years older
than Its subject. Many French artists,
however, indorsed the work. His
friends gave Meissonier a dinner as a
vindlcatlon, and the French press and
public were for a time clamorously in
dignant. The indignation rose to a eli.
max when 1t was reported that Mrs.
Mackay had thrown the picture into the
fire. This was not true. 1t was hung
In a small room, with its face to the
wall. To-day 1t has an abiding place In
Carlton House, Mrs. Mackay's London
mansion.