The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-01

/ they had told him how much they adj
! mired his work and reminded him of
| old times. so he gave in. But he had
! work to do this night, for he was re-
writing some of his scenes in THE Of
| flee Boy and refreshing his part up
for the coming season. 1t meant sit
/ ting up and working after they had
! gone and that might be at sunrise. 1t
looked that way.
Isn't it easy to write funny things ?"
asked Smith, who was in the varnish
bushes. Daniels bit his lips. mo
trouble he said. get your idea, then
toss it off. For instance: Automobiles
are all the go now" That's funny"
put in Hodges, the other man, auto
| mobiles the go-see the point Smith,"
"As L was remarking," continued
Daniels, paying no attention to the in
| terruption, you start out like this:
oh, Whizzing thing that goes so fast
How long will your old boilers last?
Fine, by Jove!" broke in Smith,
but suppose you were doing a stunt
for a high class magazine, how
would you be funny without vulgari-
ty?"
Nothing easier" remarked Dan
iels, reaching for a match:
Like India's car that history taught,
The murderous wheels of Jugger-
you ought to live in England" in
terrupted Hodges. I'm this country
you can't arrive at distinction. It's
a shame. A man of your talents.
By Jove.'
Have a little more Scotch and soda
remarked Daniels. both of you"
gether.
Il say" ventured Smith. chow would
you do the automobile stunt for a
penny valentine?"
That" remarked Daniels, '.is too
easy. 1 should start something like
this:
know you're coming, you crusty ga
loot
For my ears are made wise by YOUR
sassy old toot
WONDERFUL" remarked Hodges.
Marvellous gasped Smith. helping
himself to a cigar. I'VE just dropped
in out of curiosity, but at least am
aStounded.''.
Me, toe" put in Hodges.
Gentlemen" remarked Daniels, 81
am glad. indeed, to meet persons of
such great discernment. When can
you dine with me?''
All minds and all tastes are in some
way reached by the Shakespearean
contributions to the literature of all
time This fact was set forth by the
late D. r. Locke. otherwise "Petro-
Ieum "" He said: 1.-The absolute
plainness of Shakespeare was beautf-
fully illustrated by an incident that
happened to me. When I was the
editor of a country paper in Ohio
there was wont to come to my office
a very wealthy farmer whose speciality
was horses. HescouId neither read nor
wr1te-which was probably why he
always subscribed for my paper He
was famous horseman, and loved
horses as other men loved first mort
cages, and he knew horses through
and through. One day 1 read to Lofiin
that was his name-that description
of horse in venus and Adonis.''
Round-h oofed, short-jointed, fetlocks
Shag and long,
Broad breast, full eye, small head
and nostrils wide.
High crest, short ears, straight legs,
and passing strong,
Thick name, thick tail. broad but
took, tender hide.
Look, what a horse should have. he
did not lack.
Save a proud rider on so proud a back.
that?'
You kin buy a boss on that de-
scription if you didn't know one from
a dodblastid mule. Who writ it?'
Shakespeare.
Who was Shakespeare?
An English poet
WAL, don't know who Shakes
peare wuz, and don't go much on
poetry, but eff yoo ever see Shakes
peare jist tell him fur Sol Lofiin that
he knowed hoss.'"
At one of the rehearsaIs of "The
Darling of the Gods Mr. Duvall
Struck Miss Bates on top of the head
with Samurai sword. and for weeks
she went with a bandaged eye. In
spite of the entreaties of her mother
and of Mr.. Belasco, the young actress
insisted on going to the rehearsal the
following day. Mrs. Bates said:
DO stay in, Blanche; your eye looks
awful"
All that Miss Bates replied was:
TITS the first beautiful black eye I
ever had, and rather think it fun to
gl1CsVE fO III rlra1o v0r-l6
So Mrs. Bates had to content herself
with as many applications of raw
oysters and raw meat which she could
apply to the eye before the head
strong star went to her days work.
Never a word of reproach came
from Miss Bates to Mr.. Duvall. but
only comfort and sympathy, because
she realized how miserable he felt.
Maclyn Arbuckle was the center of
a group of politicians in the corridor
at Wallack's a little before the orches-
ira began to play.
I've told this story 1854 times" he
said, "but maybe you'll stand for it
in the confusion of the campaign. A
colored politician in Texas whom had
taxed with treachery and double-deal-
ing protested nightly against my
sweeping arraignment of him and his
crowd.
'HoT on, bossi' he cried. we amt
so bad as all that Maybe we do take
Democratic money. Maybe we do. But
we got some conscience, sub. We
allus vote the Republican ticket -
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