The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-28
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THE: MAN y. \
ABOUT d
TOWN
BY
Harry Tucker
DAILY CALENDAR.
19o2Jail imbrogllo started.
! 10Q6-still going on. IA

DAILY CAL11N OAR.
1oo2-Jail imbrogllo started. an B II
| ii 1906 -still going on. r. q <
we have our little troubles, Just az other
people do, 4. /; GU
For We seem to be upon the spot where
s4 troubles always bro, FL. s
and such stuff, n III
We strike dry town, and you know,
that makes It pretty ruff
If we got Oh a. street car and ind a
shady seat s I'll vi M! s55 Nh
Some one comes In with certainty and
stands Upon our feat.
or, II we go to Bostocks to see Liens
and Miss Bear, 81 "
"a monkey renches through the bars and
pulls 5us by the hear. IA n I'll 3
And when We stroll out In the park and
meet d girl so sweet,
| And ask her3to q shady spot, where we
& may take o scot,
10 talk about the weather, nnd--she
5%s gives a little cough.
" Il6u saOIll6 yOuu6 oiIo O6cO W.
81 comes up and takes her ough. III
we run against hard luck SO much
we've gotten used TO IL
| And II our lucky star should come, we
| think we'd have q fit.
Collectors follow us around. like hungry
58E34 dogs for bones, M s.55 rs
we ,haveflto dodge them all tho time, and
use the telephones
| TO tell them when to call again, and
thus prevent n fuss; Ii
So you can Sec from what say hard
& luck sis up to 5,ss. 81 BIZ @
Our young friend Herbert Curtis is
hack from the timhnrst and is now ono
OF the real things in the profession. @
He was Howard Ikyle's main support
| in Nathan Hale" and, not from {. HIS
own lips did we learn It, he got more
applause and press notices than any
| other member OF the company & "a
We are glad OF all this. for we have
followed his career as an actor for sew
eral years, and have more than once said
he would make his mark in his chosen
profession. s5S
Every night after the shows. there Is
gathered In the cosy little back room at
Campbells galaxy OF good fellows.
Bohemians all, who mako the atmos-
| phere delightfully."- reminiscent Of tho
| good old times OF Goldsmith and Garrick
and johnson, K III I'll. t ggi
| While drinking their mugs Of alc, these
| goodly wights delve back into their ex-
periences and relate with humorous
mien and happy manner tho trials that
| they have gone through lnsitheir, careers
as amusers and Instructors OF the great
| public.
Fresh from fertile minds come stories
OF actual experience. III to be enclosed In
| gtlt-edged volumes, and far into tho mid
night hours these Jolly souls exchange
their stories and pass lightly the time
away. II, 81 ST.. 8 &. a.
The little meeting place Ia q reminder
OF the old back rooms Of Dickens and
! Eugene Fields. On tho walls are por-
traits Of old favorltes and figures that
have been prominent before the public
in late days. #
This little club is made up OF news.
! paper men, actors. politicians and other
public men,. and Its meetings are en-
tirciy informal. IA 33,s If
The things that are to-day may not be
the same Tomorrow;
They may change to our pleasure or may
be to our sorrow. n
Skies may be blue. the sun may shine,
we may wear linen suits. s8
And then it may change into slustl--ht
time for rubber boots. rs H 5i
We may start out on picnic fine, with
hamper& filled with pies,
And butt right UP against a storm with
lightning In the skies.
| We may start out on moonlight STROLL
with atmosphere 80 mellow,
When UP may come, to our disgust, the
Fair Ones other fellow,
Etc, etc, etc., ETC.. etc.
II our! full feelings were to be ex-
| pressed. It would take a page to do 1t In.
We are fond of brevity, and wo think
tho average reader OF this column Is
with u.s. so, for tho sake OF that !ayge
class We cut short tho beautiful lines
above indited. Il. i ,js Y + "a
They express our sentiments, though,
and we think they express the senti-
ments OF our friends. and we leave the
rest to the imagination.
Some dear friend OF ours. signing him
self "Willio," sonds us this on a postal
card. If Willie vii send US q copy OF the
song ''Tare Thee Well" 80 we may get
something like tho metre, We viii be glad
| to try to accommodate him. Il
II Richmond. Va, April 81, 1905
Sir,E&I road your parody In tho Man
About Town entitled ~ wish I had a
hundred million dollars" Will you give
me one entitled Fare Thee Well-"do.'
Carrie Nation I.shall expect this Of you.
Harry Glenn says he composed the first
about tho million. let him stay In the
Council, he might get his wishes, n
! Yours HHl
v WILLIE.
Exactly So.
Tho Newport News Police Court dock-
ct would seem to indicate that the carni-
| val attracted quite q lot Of fnkIra TO tho