Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-23

the basement resort did exist; and If Mr..
Bowsar and the professor would accept her
invitation to a symposium the next evening
they would meet a galaxy of literary and
artistic stars
1t was this engagement which kept our
friends from enjoying the early numbers
of the roof entertainment. The gathering
of the galaxy to which the day from BoS-
ton secured invitations for the Hokohoonk
lights was for the purpose of welcoming
home from long foreign residence mas
ter who had been engaged at tremendous
salary Freely and accurately stated by all
present. to travel in his native land for
whole week and then write his impressions
of all America; the condition being Din view
of the stupendousress of the reward) that
the impressions should be popular, with q
hint that what the magazine wanted was a
roast" nothing Csc being considered
worth printing by up-to-date periodicals.
The distinguished foreign-Amercan master
(who spoke with the only Yankee twang
sounded during the evening" was the chlet
object of interest and congratulations until
the arrival of the celebrated author SAID
to be paid dollar a word by another mag
aZine for his spicy serial which was rapidly
proving that every American, every Ameri-
can corporation and every American city,
town and state was morally rotten and
hopeless of cure. This delightful author
confessed to those who eagerly crowded
around him that If he had thought OF an
nouncing that he would prove that the
morals of American women were worse
than the morals of the men he could have
clnched the publishers TOT 0OlldT anu Il
half a word He would not neglect TO do
this in his next serial, he assured his ad-
mirers. A furry of interest was caused py
the arrival of the composer engaSea III
writing the music for lyrical arrange
ment of the Declaration Of Independence
The comic author who had written the
book for this opera of the Declaration was
already popularity supposed 10 nave written
the Declaration itself. "A curious impress
sion" said Mr.. Pearley when the lady from
Boston told him OF II. ,,,,.o
'But that Is not ALL" she replied. ihe
same comic author has already earned the
reputation of having written Alice IN Won
derland most Of Sheridans and many Oh
Boucicaut's plays. THE Travels or baron
Munchausen' and Cervantes' masterpiece.
His specially is introducing old favorltes
to New Workers. and II incidentally Ne"
Workers believe he wrote all the old favor
ties his managers and puonshers are not
= To be blamed for trading on the mistake
even those managers and publishers VINO 90
not share the general belief that he is the
author Of the originals he rewrites.
Mr. Pearley, refreshed by this pinch OF
salt in the remark of the lady from Boston,
discovered that she was an agreeable com
partnership. and as he was man TO act ne
was soon engaged in lively and pleasant
conversation with her. He did not notice
that Mr. Bowsar was growing moody ana
seemed to enjoy the symposium but little.
The composer who was TO set TO music
when In the Course OF Human Events
was asked to play one of his compositions
by the host. who sculptor and quite
deaf hut the other musicians present at
once began such a noisy din OF talk that
all other sounds were lost and Mr.. Pear
ley, himself an amateur of music, was I'M
able to enjoy the composers playing. But
strict attention was paid to the next artist
asked to entertain the company. This was
the inventor Of new form of giving in
tellectual qualification which none but the
boldest dared TO initiate or hoped to Inter-
rupt 1t consisted in the artist partly COW
ering his mouth with his hands and then
emitting the most sOul-terrlfying, nerve
wrecking shrleks and bowls a disordered
Imagination could summon for nightmare
When the artist had half deafened and
wholly frightened the company by his en-
tertainment he explained that by such
sounds he had called together the tribes of
wild asses which he had given 10 immortal
fame by his matchless work entitled wild
Asses j have screamed AT"
81 suppose" said the professor, when he
could make himself heard, that his next
volume on the subject Will include us
You Will soon know what his next book
Is to be-" the lady from Boston replied;
and surely. the author was already telling
the company many wonderful things about
book he was soon to publish, and only
ceased to speak on the subject when he
was wholly deserted in the rush to meet a
newcomer. This was young gentleman
who boosted that he had been a pirate,
murderer, opium fiend. train robber, anar-
literary speciality was to make the flesh
creep. He did SO now by announcing that
he had been converted to nihilsm and had
already invented bomb warranted to shat
ter to atoms and kill with the most exeru-