The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-28

in the infeld and losing the initial sack
will not keep him out of the game.
Tuesday the political science depart
ment Of the University of Chicago gave
a mock Republican convention. Ii was
a state convention of Illinois and was
conducted as near like a state convention
as possible. Henry II. Parker. a Friends
graduate, now of the law school was
chairman Of the delegation from the
Eighth judicial district and handled his
delegation with a master hand holding
the fortysix votes for his candidate
until the lead horse of the bandwagon
setepped on his toe, when he gave the
word and the whole delegation with a
whoop and hurrah clambered into the
band wagon. Parker is a second year
law student and is just itching to get
into politics when he returns to Wichita
and hangs out his shingle.
Miss Gladys Hathaway is doing most
excellent work in the Columbia school Of
oratory. She has been invited to assist
in a number of private elocuuonary re
citals during the winter. Miss Hatha.
way has quite a reputation in Wichita
for elocutionary and dramatic work
1t was a little Wichita boy-never mind
his name-who is rather bashful and
generally keeps shy of petticoats that
had a narrowing experience with the CO.
eds at Northwestern University. Every
one who has been in Chicago knows that
in some sections of the city where fats
predominant, whole blocks present the
same unbrollen appearance This young
man lived in one Of these flats where
only young men were boarded but it
happened that in the very next fat some
half dozen co-eds held forth. one even
ing this estimable young man had studied
until a late hour and then wrote a couple
of letters which he carried to the corner
mail box. Returning he sauntered along
thinking of the lessons of the morrow
and turned in at what he thought was
the proper door His latch key did not
work just right but the door opened
and in he marched Funny" he said
to himself, I thought l left the gas
burning But that didn't bother him
much. He mosied upstairs and started
to open his room door when down the
hall appeared a white object who imme-
diately screamed. The victim turned the
door knob again when a chorus of "Helpi
Burglars! Fire. from distinctly feminine
threats greeted him. The young man
fed precipitately down the stairs. The
street door refused to open. The whole
fiat was in an uproar. Women We're
screaming and running TO and fro above
him. Those on the lower floor bolted
their doors Suddenly something heavy
crashed into the wall beside our friend.
Then something else, in fact there was
a veritable rain of heavy missiles all
about the now thoroughly frightened
young man trying to get the front door
open. Finally the latch yielded and the
burglar fed into the street and into his
own room. There was plenty of excite
mont in that neiehborhood all night but
the burglar slept through it all The next
day he heard how the women in the next
fat threw fiat irons. door weights and
almost anything else they could lay their
hands on at the burglar a the foot of
the stairs. our young friend solemnly
and silently swore that he would see that
the proper number appeared over the
door before he would try 10 unlock it
and again take the chance of getting
killed or MANNED for life by Il bunch of
frightened and irresponsible goods
CECIL c. HOWES.