The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-05

L was busy chewing nerve lozenges to get
over it. Cut it from your list, me boy.
for I tells you it's fierce.
81 gets my look in up at the house O.
a friend O. my sisters. Sister and little
Tommy gets a come-on to a feed an we
goes to the doings. We gets by tall
boy hired to walk beat in the front hall
an are chased UP to the cloak rooms.
Then sister and little Tommy come down
to join the merry throng, an sister s
friend takes lis down the line.
6 This is me friend. Mister Quin,' says
sisters friend to a William boy standing
near a maiden in blue dress.
:" We are delighted to meet you' says
the William boy. The maiden didn't say
it, but she mods a me-too an we passes
On down the line.
when sisters friend let go O. me I
finds myself back o. the William boy and
the maiden in the blue clothes. Then I
wishes l wasn't there.
6 I don't see what she asked him here
for says the girl in blue. oh we don't
have to notice him. answers the William
boy. Then Tommy moves, but the opin-
ion appears to be unanimous. Tommy
would have mixed things, but Tommy
was not the only one.
I'm front o. me two girls are handing it
out hard to the girl in the blue dress an
a fat little Edward is kicking hard on
AZ
maiden behind me is rapping the two in
front an the next move on my part dis
covers two more pounding about the
lone maiden.
Then a lobster in dress suit is push
ed up in front O. the bunch an sisters
friend tells us that the lobster is to show
us how Sir Henry Irving thanks the
audience for an overdose of hand-clap-
ping. She tips it off that the lobster is
aT1%c inc an 70 r-&r
explains that he must be pushed up sew
eraI numbers on the running card so he
can make an early getaway for the next
house. This one, me friend, was a all
wool social lion.
'"This social lion shows us Just how
Sir Henry does it an then he climbs
into his benny and hurries out to catch
a down town car. When he makes his
finish the applause wobbled the gas
brackets but the next minute Arthur,
oh, the next minute!
Maybe they didn't do things to that
social lion. Perhaps they did not get a
clean hold on his rep and heave it to
the mat. Then maybe they did not fight
for a chance to jump on the helpless rep
To hear that bunch tell it this social
lion was a bad counterfeit. He was
three cents worth of dog meat in a high
class butcher shop. One girl offers an
on an Irving show, an the others
thought some kind friend should take
him by the hand an lead him over to a
corner for a brief whisper. On, it was
fine an dandy at that party.
'"Then a girl with tangled black hemp
and a pair O specs takes her life in her
hands an goes on for a three-round
struggle with the piano. The bunch
hands out the joyful hand noise, but you
could just see them hitching around in
the chairs to get in a whispered belt at
the real worth of the exhibition.
Along toward the finish me sister 8
friend lets the collection in on the secret
o. me work She tells them that 1 can
hand out many thrilling experiences
from me reporters note book. The folks
was dead anxious to have Tommy give
them chance, but Tommy's one hour at
play was enough for Tommy an I side
steps an gets into me ulster.
Sister belongs to the club an they are
pulling off a bout once every two
weeks, but Tommy to the quiet life an
farewell the social game. Fight shy of
it. Arthur, me boy; cut it ou., for you
don't have single chance If they get
you inside the door.