The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-07-11

you know-and you are enthusiastic to
do something that will show your APP
probation of his genius. That is
enough for the present, except that
whatever you are called upon to do do
1t with youthful vim. Throw your hats
In the air, clap each other on the back
and make a noise. Mr.. Joy here is
your leader, and you are to follow his
instructions from this time on What,
you don't know Mr.. Joy without his
whiskers9 Well, it is he, all right If
you do well, boys, therell be a rafting
fine dinner waiting for you after the
show, in addition to the 30 cents
1.-The instructions to Mr.. Joy, who
was taken fully into our confidence
and who, in fact, was quite an intelli-
gent fellow, were more explicit. He
was given the Hopkins yell and told to
have his men proficient in this and
some other details when the time for
action arrived
As the spectators were filing out
them were our garnished friends of the
Space who had been let in through
the stage entrance and then passed out
into the auditorium from behind the
private boxes. Out on the street and
before the crowd had dispersed they
were ready for business, beginning
with what 1 suppose was intended for
the university yell and which sounded
something like this:
''Rah, rah, rah!
Who are we?
We're the Hopkins boys. you see!
Roo roo, rooi
Clear the way
For the bunch from ]. H U.
'Of course, public attention was at
once conferred on this bowling mob of
ardent collegiates, and our fellows kept
things going hot until Mr. Jefferson
emerged from the alley at the side of
the theater He was Immediately sur
rounded by the Hopkins coterie, who
cried with one accord:
Jefferson, jefferson,
Grand old man.
Let her rip. boys.
AL you cant
He's the stuff
For me and you
Here's luck, Joe,
From J. H U.
''Well, sir, before Jefferson had time
to recover from his surprise they seiz-
ed and carried him to the carriage, cut
the traces and turned the horses loose,
and, shouting and bowling, started up
the street madly, with the driver on the
box and the actor inside, followed by
mob of hundreds. They pulled him to
his hotel and then as he alighted gave
him cheer after cheer.
Mr. Jefferson, of course, absolutely
ignorant Of the true character of his
strenuous admirers, made them a little
speech from the steps of the hotel, III
which he spoke of the drama and art
and three or four other things which
his hearers did not know the meaning
of, but which were cheered to the
echo
Naturally we saw to it that the ON
niscient eye of the press did not over
look this interesting piece of news of
the Johns Hopkins university boys
honoring the veteran actor, and if you
will take the trouble to look up the
newspapers of that day you will see
that they gave ample space to the per-
Torrance.
"Our college boys of the hour, with
one or two dishonorable exceptions,
who sacrificed their dinners and lucre
for the fashionable toggery we had
loaned them, received their due reward
and then went back to their accus-
toned haunts. ready to give their whis-
kers free play until another advance
man should seduce them with tempt
ing offer of gold and food. Washing
ton Star.