The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-22
IA rs Brer Fox snoke up

At last Brer Fox spoke up:
For once in my life am glad I'm not
bear. Time was when admired Mr.. Bruins
splendid form and fine Goa: OF fur but I've
changed my IDEAS
Brer Bear, who is sitting in the center Of the
group meditatively sucking his paw, looks up with
sad mien, but says nothing.
Yes" said Brer Fox Il feel real sorry Tor
you, Brer Bear If we're in your FIX I'd take out
short-tme life insurance policy make my Will
join the church and prepare to die. You are
sure up against it now--and that's no lie You
are paying the penalty for past greatness, while
well, am glad Of the fact Of my insignif-
canoe. for will be foragng around these Mississ,
ipp farm houses long after you have been served
at the Memphis banquet and your hide spread
out in the White House The responsibility OF
greatness is awful !"
Brer Bear remained silent for some minutes
longer He seemed to be thinking Pride IS
wrestling with a strange, ungoyernabe fear, At
last in a voice betraying emotion:
Say tell me something anyhow What did
be ever do beside eat dinner with Booker Wash
ington? What's he got against me; never done
That's right" said Brer Fox, but as re-
marked some time ago, you are paying the penal
" Of greatness Rozenfelt has heard Of you,
and he wants to give YOU a place of honor in
the White House. You should feel highly fiat
tered for you are about the only thing south OF
Mason and Dixons line that he has interested
himself in, except the niggers. Just think how
proud your orphaned children will feel when
they say to strangers mo pa is not here today
In fact, he is staying in Washington now with
the PRESIDENT
Bear. What | want to know is what this guy
looks like
Well" continued the Fox in serious tone
from all I've heard of him he is more kinds
of man than you ever saw. He's color blind
and wears glasses. His teeth look like pickets
in a whitewashed fence Why, they do say he
met mountain lion out Colorado way one time
and the lion was fool enough to try to bite him
Teddy just grinned and showed them teeth. 1t
was all off then. The lion give one look and
said That beats me and lit rag that set
the woods on FIRE He's killed everything from
ssssSsseosooosSses
produced at Wallacks 1t didn't set Broadway
ahre The pretty Galveston girl was charming
as Virginia Carvel, but she is far from being a
great actress. Hackett is going to lose lot Of
money on The Crisis"
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The beauty of Kathleen Nelson, fancee Of
Reginald Vanderbilt, is waning Her tall, 1.-THE
figure, once so erect, has a perceptibe stoop
and her color, once her great charm, has faded
She's overworked, that's what's the trouble"
said a society woman just back from Lenox
Talk about white slaves in factories-they are
not more overworked than young society girl
who has beauty wealth and position more
lovely girl than Miss Nelson the years before
she came out ! never have set eyes upon, and my
one decade Society has become too Strenuous
and it would take girl with the constitution of
giant 70 keep pace with the demands and not
look faded before her time
Still some of the white slaves in the factories
might be induced TO change places with Kate