The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06

Broadway which no self-respectine
horse could stand, and finally 1 got
tired and refused to go any further
until he quit" observed my vis-a-vis.
MY attitude served only to exasperata
him still further, and he broke forth
INTO torrent of invectives which re-
suited In my kicking the devil out of
the old cab, his physical assault upon
me and-well the rest you know"
1t was a hard experience" I said
sympathetically. Il should almost
think you'd go back on the stage
Not L. retorted the unhappy beast.
no more of that for me- and that is
why want to keep my whereabouts
secret until L am safely out of town.
nave contract with the managers
or the roof garden to make a iackass
OF myself for six nights and two matt
nees week, and l simply cannot go
on with IT. If they knew my where
apouts they would get out an iniunc
tlon restraining me from working for
anybody else, and then, you see I'd
starve to DEATH"
sun, your work was not difficult"
sald l. All you had to do was to
uahce the two-step, act the clown in
circus trick. ride a bicycle and mil
off your boots and pajamas and 90 IN
peu. l Know lots of men who would
De willing to go to bed and stay there
all the time for living"
ANA you, the man of sympathy
say mat is was hard work for a horse
VI decent instincts and of education"
he retorted. reproachfully. How would
you ike to do that sort of thing eight
times a week before a gaping audience
ana 10 slow music? You had an edu
cation, didn't your"
small one, which 1 have been
trying all my life to make use of" /
acknowledged reluctantly.
We'll. suppose after all vour din
pings into the philosophy of Plato and
h.pamlhondas, after all the midnight
OIL you had expended in solving The
problems of Epictetus, John Stuart
nliii ana andrew Carnegie, you had to
go into vaudeville and do comic SONGS
and antical dances for a living
Wouidnt that-er-grate on vour
soul?" he demanded. '0Ni
Well, that's my case, and what 10
my reward" he demanded again
Ihree meals day, to be called cute
ny tne chorus girls in the ballet and to
De applauded to the echo by a mid
summer gathering of chiffon. Panama
mats nigh balls and cheap cigars.
meanwhile McChesney, who never had
college education: Waterboy. who
can't write his own name, and Gum
nre' VINO doesn't know the difference
between the Pons Asinorum and a
Il
over fetlock every day of their lives
getting their names in the papers. as
II they were lot of little Prince
Henrys and travelling around in pri-
| Vate cars with their millionaire
friends. I'm almost sorry 1 was ever
| educated"
1T has it's drawbacks" said 1.
| You can bet your last cent on that"
sighed the Horse. Education hasn't
fitted me for the top of the ladder. and
| apparently it's untitled me for the bot
! tom of it. If they'd let me go on the
stage and play Hamlet or put me In
a lecture course to give talks upon
Great Horses of History or take me
on as professor at some veterinary col
lege I'd feel as If my education had
not been wasted. As it is, I'm uD
against 1t good and hard, hating the
only Job L can get on the stage and
being wholly unwilling to sink my in
divlduallty, as seems to be required OF
a draught horse"
At this point the Doctor came in and
intimated that for the good of the pa
tient should retire, which, after an
affectionate farewell. / did I could
not help thinking on my way out that
the poor sufferers unhappy estate was
not widely dissimilar from that OF
some of my young friends just out of
college, to whom the world of effort
presents cold. rugged, grossly mate
rial front to the utter destruction of
those iridescent dreams OF laurels
waiting to be grasped ready made"
Education is a terrible handicap for
man or beast when it destroys his ca
/ pactty for beginning at the bottom Of
the ladder.