, 1904-06-25
GOOD SHORT STORIES OF
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE.

the elder Sothern 1.-THE famous father
OF f. H. Sothern). Sothern was tray
cling on tour in northern England
when, just as their train was leaving
York, he removed the railroad ticket
which a fellow actor had stuck il the
band of his hat.
They'll want our tickets here. John
ny he said. casually. and his com
panion began an exhaustive search for
the missing ticket. When he had
searched his hat and his pockets ten
times over, and looked on seat and
floor again and again, in vain, he e
claimed. in despair: by George! I've
lost my ticket! They'll make me pay
over again!"
PAY over again. I'd see them hang
ed first said Sothern. You get In
der the seat and it'll be all right
His friend crawled under the seat,
and lay there, gasping with nervous
ness, as the ticket collector came to
the carriage door.
Tickets, please he demanded
Sothern handed the man two tickets.
1.-Two tickets, sir. Where's the
other gentleman?"
oh replied Sothern. ~nonchalant-
ly, 'the other gentleman prefers to
travel under the seat. It's only his
way"
Another anecdote OF Sothern re
called by 1T. p" concerns a practical
joke which had more serious conse-
quences. He had made an appoint
ment to dine at a restaurant with an
actor friend named Toole, and was ex-
a%sperated at having to wait long, and
hungry, for his fellow guest. Seeing
at a neighborlng table an old gentle
man who was evidently even more
cross II hungry than himself, Soth-
ern went up behind him, and. hitting
him a sounding smack on the back.
greeted him Familiarity, 'Helloa, old
boy!"
What the devil do you mean, sir?"
cried the old gentleman, starting to
his fet purple with rage.
Il really beg your pardon, sir"
stammered Sothern. 81 took you for
an old friend of mine. Pray forgive
me-"
The old gentleman resumed his seat,
prpw1ipu Tpo1a oppaarnJ ~ Loot opd
Sothern, after abusing him for his I'M
p~unctuality, arranged with him for the
dinner. While they We're waiting for
it to be served, Sothern said:
II say, Toole I'll bet you a sovereign
you won't go up to that old boy, hit
him on the back, and say. 'Halloa, old
boy!'"
Done" cried Toole, heartily; and
he went behind the old gentleman.
gave him a sounding smack on the
back. and shouted. Familiarity, "Halloa,
old boy!"- and was promptly knock
ed down.-Harper's Weekly.
A prominent actor tells this story
about two brother players and their
experience in a Maine temperance
town. Feeling in need of alcoholic re-
freshments they made application at
the local drug stores. but were told
that stimulants were sold only in cases
of snake bite. The actors had about
decided to content themselves with
such refreshments as the town pro-
vided, when they heard that a certain
resident owned a rattlesnake which
he had kept as a pet. Securing his ad-
dress they called on him, and offered
to hire his snake for use in some
scientific experiments.
Nothing doing" answered the own
er; hes booked solid for four months
ahead."-Harper's Weekly.
81 have promised one of my northern
friends to send him some genuine Con
federate money. when l get home"
said Representative Livingston of
Georgia. land I'll carry out my prom
Use. ON people thought too much of
it to attempt a counterfeit during the
time that it was good, but two-thirds
of that offered for sale now as relics of
the C~onfederacy is bogus. and, queer
it is that it is worth more than the
genuine was.
Lots of the money was made
though. n Gen. Robert Toombs once
said in speaking of the Confederate
treasury and its output of money:
I'VE use our presses in the treas
ury in the daytime to print money for
the government. and we let the mig
gers run them at night to print their
wages"
Confirmed poker players" remark
ed Representative Cooper Of Texas.
think Of the mysteries Of the game
both day and night. awake and asleep. |