Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-10-19

teeth Knocked out, and the actress lost
her back hair and had to wear silk
handkerchief tied around her head the
rest OF the trip, and she looked like q
hired girl who has been out to dance
"The trouble with dad is that he
butts In too much. He thinks he Is
the whole thing and thinks every
crowd he sees Is demonstration for
him. When the steamer left New York.
there we're hundreds OF people on the
dock to see friends OF. and they had
flowers to present 10 the friends. and
dad thought they were all for him. and
he reached for every bunch OF roses
that was brought aboard, and was
going 10 return thanks for them. when
they were jerked away from him, and
he looked hurt. When the gang
plank was pulled In, and the boat be-
gan to wheeze. and grunt, and move
away from the dock, and dad saw the
crowd waving handkerchiefs and
laughing. and saying bon voyage. ne
thought they were doing 1t all for him.
and he started In to make a speech,
thanking his fellow countrymen for
coming to see him of. and promising
them that he would prove q true rep
resentative of his beloved country In
his travels abroad, and that he would
be true to the stars and stripes wher-
ever fortune might place him, and all
that rot, when the boat got 30 Tar
away they could not hear him, and
then he came of his perch, and said:
"'Hennery. that little impromptu
demonstration to your father. on the
eve OF his departure from his native
land. perhaps never to return, ought
to be deep and lasting lesson to you,
and 10 show you that the estimation In
which am held by our people, Is
worth millions to you, and you can
point with pride to your father
81 said rats and dad said he
wouldn't wonder II the boat was full
of rats. and then we stood on deck.
and watched the objects OF interest
down the bay. AS we passed the
statue of Liberty, which France gave
to the republic, on Bedloe's island, dad
started to make speech to the pas
sengers, but one of the officers Of the
boat told dad this was no democratic
caucus, and that choled him of, but
he vas loaded for a speech. and knew
It was only a matter Of time whe' he
would have to fire It of, but thought
when we got outside the bar into the
ocean, his speech would come up with
the rest of the stuff, and guess 1t
did, for after he began to be sick he
had to keep his mouth shut, which was
great relief to me, for felt that he
would say something that would get
this country into trouble with other
nations. as there were lots Of foreign
ers on board.
81 heard that ]. Pierpont Morgan
was on board, and told everybody
got in conversation with that dad was
Pierpont Morgan. and when people be-
gan to call him Mr.. Morgan, told dad
the passengers thought he was Nor
gan, the great financier, and it tickled
dad, and he never denied 1t. Anyway,
the captain put dad and I at his own
table, and he called me Little Pierp,"
and everybody discussed great fnan-
cial questions with dad, and everything
would have been lovely the whole trip,
only Morgan came amongst us after
he had been seasick for three days,
and they gave him seat opposite us,
and with two Morgans at the same Ia
BILE IL was q good deal like two Uncle
Toms in an Uncle Toms Cabin show,
so dad had to stay in his stateroom on
account OF sickness; good deal.
"Then dad got to walking on deck
and flirting with the female >passen-
gers. Say, did you ever see an old man
who was stuck on hlsself, and thought
that every woman who looked at him,
from curiosity, or because he had a
wart on his neck, and watch him get
busy making 'em believe he is young
and kitteny thing, who is irresistible?
Gee, but it makes me tired. No man
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