The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-17
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advance Sheets from the New Ency-
clopedia, in New York SUM
Male Quartet-Fcur strong minded
gentlemen a-singing at once A male
quartet can be identified from the SOL
emn manner in which It walks upon
the stage. If identification cannot be
made in this manner, its exit should
be closely. watched IF it marches of
the stage just as soiemnly as It marches
on, then it surely is a male quartet
The cadaverous. dark cOmpiexioned
! member invariably sings bass. The
stout blonde member sings tenor The
other two simply act to oil up and
round of the Male Quartet. Their main
work IS to sing the Pom -ponas" and
/ the "Pink-a-panks" when the Male
Quartet is humoroUsly emulating the
ola banjo
In the etiquette of Male Quarterly It
is imperative that after each selection
the Male Quartet should turn its back
sharply toward the audience and take
three steps toward the rear Of the
stage. Here it must pause, face the
audience again (all in strietest unison),
tske three steps forward and start an
other one. These other ones are re-
feITed To, in the language of Quartet
/ y, as EncoTes.
The care Of the hands affords much
distress to the average Male Quartet
I list. Some allow their hands TO hang
| loosely by their sides. The hands thus
become red and vulgar looking. ard
thus makes the QUartetist blush 1t II
new generally considered the thing for
a Male Quartet TO clasp its hands be-
hind its back and keep them there. both
when walking on and of the stage,
when singing and when performing the
above described evOiutiorS at1enda 1T
upon an encore. It is no longer con-
siGered good form FOR a Quartet either
ia keep it's hands in its pockets or to
beat time with its feet.
tSee Muiler's Sounds Of Human As
ony," Blacks 'BarbaTic TOrtures" and
Blackst0Ee's Deficiencies of the Penal
Ccde.D
Lays of Ancient Rome-see Eggs;
also Actors.
Bric-a-B rae-Things to fiji up the
shelves. The most familiar forms 81
bTIc-a-brac are the shepherd and the
tshepherdess. both with crooks. Bric-a-
. brac also takes the form of little Jugs
ftoO small FOR use) and Of china ami
mails (of impossible colOrs). The dust
ing of brie-a-brac is d meritorious per
foTndnce and is spoken OF with oxide
ienOng housewives. They tell each 9TH
er that So-aEd-So passed Just az was
The bTiC-a-bTac is also used by house
wives to inform each other that they
keep help, referring to such help as
being very careless with their bric-a-
brac.
(see japanese Auctions. Sinclair
What Shall ] Give Her for Christ
mas?" JohnsOn's Mysteries of the
Feminine Mind eighteenth voiume).
and Jerome's China Dog.o
Ethics-What others should do. but
you don't. See sociology.
Knockers-Chuckers OF Rhetorical
Rocks A knocker is generally of a
pe Ssinistic cOuntenance ard has nasty
cough. He gives the impression OF a
man who has been cruelty deceived in
lcve and didn't find it out until after
ne was married If one is quiet. the
kEoekeg likens one to man IN train
ing to be hanged. II one Is boisterously
inclined. the knecker calls one the
Village Cut-up." If one does but 0pen
ones mouth in innocent surprise. the
knocker lays down the Unimpeecable
Dogma that an Open Mouth denotes an
Empty Head.
Whenever Woman speaks of Another
" oman, the speaker Invariably becomes
a kn0cker. See Femininity-
(See also stotters Anvil Chorus. -
Bryar's Life Of X. J. Bryan, and
watterson's ewhy 1 Love Ny Coun-
try
HelI-See parkhurst
Style-An invention based upon that
feminine trait OF character whereby
She tries to Guido the Woman Next
Door style is chanReabIe Some
|gliInes it takes the form of a skirt. (See
E1hbarrsssment9. Sometimes il con-
sists Of tying knots ia ribbon. Some
times 1t is pug dog. Sometimes 1t is