The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-21
A Moment Of Horror.

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March pa Flatbush avenue car was
about leaving the Manhattan end of the
Brooklyn bridge In the evening when fourteen
university boys. shouting and out Of breath,
took possession of the forward end. Every
man had dress suit case The fourteen
cases were piled in one corner OF the car,
leaving a portion Of the vehicle at the dis
posal of the other passengers. A watch lnol-
Gated that It was s o'clock, They We're due
at q clubhouse in Flatbush at that very mo-
1nent, being scheduled to furnish Flatbush
society with an entertainment. They were
more than half an hours travel from the
clubhouse Clothes had to be changed. 49,
The fourteen were in predicament, which
was solved by a black-haired young man. one
Of the banjo players. From the recesses of
his grip he pulled forth a shirt, a pair OF
trousers, a clean collar and a pair of cuffs
From the front of the shirt he was wearing
he took two pearl studs, which he dexter
ously placed in the bosom OF the clean shirt
lying on the seat alongside of him. Gun
buttons were next changed. OH came coat
and vest. Then collar and tie were thrown
aside. ~ --esg -. q:
.Heavens!' gasped a young woman. as her
escort looked studiously the other way, hes
going to change his shirt. . -.
Other women in the car came to a reai1za-
ton of the awful fact. The young man mad
started to pull his shirt over his head me
car was in front of one Of the big dry goods
stores in Fulton street, which was then
crowded with theater- goers.
Down came the curtain Of the window In
front OF which the university student was
making his toilet. At that instant the troll
lev pole came off the feed wire. The car
was in darkness. When the pole was replaced
and the car relighted the student appeared IN
an entirely new dress-nicely pressed dress
trousers Immaculate shirt and clean high
collar. It took him but two minutes longer
to complete his toilet-dress tie, clean cuffs
and coat and vest He was ready for the
Ientertainment. The old clothes disappeared
in the dress suit case.
In an, instant the car looked like a sleeping
car in the early morning Every man OF the
other thirteen opened his grip and began
disrobing By the time the car reached
Flatbush the fourteen university men were
in their evening suits, ready for the enter
tainment.
We Understand Shading"
Hugues lie Roux, the clever French lecturer,
who has been in this country for more than
a month, leoturing all the time, speaks pleas
antly Of his Impressions of America. Il have
spoken in the past" he says, before many
Tieople who were not French, but your public
has been the first non-French one that has
thoroughly understood what l call shading.
All of my hearers here have, perhaps, not
understood 1t, but all In Paris would not un-
derstand at There Is a bridge between the
American and French minds. After all, there
is similarity in the two nations. We are
made up of many peoples. So are you. We
have both more than one ideal, one thought
We are capable of understanding one an
other, and that is the commencement of wit
II am not speaking. in galantry, but as I feel
find in your women wonderful love for
knowledge, and perhaps more than in French