Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-08

be seen in the following clipping from
her toast.
"why men-all our life is one grani
toast TO you.
You have no idea what you inspire
US to.
It's for your sake, not ours, that we
curl our hair,
To gain your approval these glad
clothes we wear"
Heres to men in general,
Here's TO our visitors too,
But here's to the men OF all the men,
Shakespear boys-here's to you
Miss Marie Houston gave a most
entertaining dissertation on the sub
ject, Spoons She spoke at length
OF the wooden spoon with which the
baby might, with impartiality, cut
his teeth, eat his bread and milk, or
belabor his high chair. She spoke
knowingly OF the weighty but useful
iron spoon with which the housewife,
her brow perspiring and her arm aeh-
ing, Is won't to stir the jam. She
spoke with fervor OF the silver spoon,
OF its many shapes and sizes, Of its
appropriateness as a gift to bride or
matron. Finally, with a perfect
paroxysm Of enthusiasm, she spoke OF
the Shakespeare spoon. He OF the
thick waving hair and large brown
eyes, SO full OF loves glances; lie whose
soft persuasions deceive all too surely
the newly epterei members OF the
| club as well as these more yersed in
his insinuating ways; be, who skips
lightly from maid TO maid whispering
sweet nothings as he goes, caring
naught for the havoc which he
wrought. Miss Houston went on 10
state that tho this spoon, because OF
bis disturbing habit of spreading him
self among land around) so many fair
ones, was a thorn in the flesh to the
ladies Of the Shakespeare Club, yet
was the thorn removed, utter gloom
would ensue.
In her toast, can the worlds a
stage" Miss Maud Wallace showed
forth a little drama 10 which she
treated the Shakespeare Club some
what after the fashion Of a Punch anC
Judy show, its members appearing
the most docile puppets at the toucl
Of her expert fingers. She exhibited
them first as at a picnic In Sneed'
pasture, where on a silyery stream
fringed on either side by dropping
willows, she allowed them to paddlI
their own canoes until several wer'
capsized, when she hastily ehanget
the scene to the interior OF the Em
mons home where a Christmas tire
appeared, covered with a motley ARA,
OF bells, tin horns, stripped candy, pc
cord and gum drops. No sooner ha
she gotten them to making, a mos
unconscionable racket with the horn
and bells, than she jerked the strin
and behold a dark night in the wood
where the trees swayed phantom lik
against a pale moon, the dismal hoo
OF an owl was heard and dogs in th
!, distance bayed. This we would hay
, our readers know was a coon hunt, bu
before they had secured the object
their chase they were transferred wi
: ly-nilly to a brilliantly lighted ten
where the last act In the drama endg
with a performance by the celebrate
rope walker, DIR. Carl Pasqueth, al
an exhibition by Major jenkins OF b
world renowned knack at the Ter
: slchorean art in "The Great Be
: Dance"
Ill "The Immortal Billy" fell 10 q
n the share Of Miss Mamie Davis, vi
represented him as a genius worthy
a place In later lines. She assured 4
b%anqueters that the system OF gra.
10 ing was not known In the sixteen
century, Shakespeare himself bel
a prince OF grafters His particul
graft consisted in appending his oN
name to the wonderful chef d'oeuyri
a written by Bacon, and 50 SUGGEST
u has he been In his venture that we a
Q prone to feel a shamed when we &C
slider our own bunglers in that line "
re lately disported themselves at o
y State capital. We unite with NJ
; Davis in asking how any one can de
the genius OF a man, who, thou.
rs unable TO write his name, has ri
through three hundred years, t
L most gigantic graft on record.
D This delightful banquet closed wi
l. the presentation by Miss Mary Hol
~ ton, on behalf OF the club, Of a har
some cut-glass pitcher to Mr.. Ro
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