The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-01

emofes yes Dut not toolleng AAs
: it is foolish this throwing Of tf1w
ers and snch thinge. Il dses 20
go with man, you know ]
makes fool OF him too. And
never know what to do with thesl
! flowers. (there cams that sickli
emile again that they tear from
their dresses and throw at me. 0
course. / must pick them up. but
do not like their odor in room
4 what do you do with thenf''
asked.
"Ah." be said, Il tell my mana
ger to send them to the sick. and
I hope he does it. But I mus
say that I hsyt caught him mos
than once throwing them. Out
the window or giving Them to
cHsh6ermaids.p
A little different from what Sc
Thought Sis But thsfe Is fnc
Carson = be excl i.iisis
me: why do your American giEIs
do these unheard-of things un.
heard-of, because the girls of other
countries do not do themP They
ccme to my concerts: they seem to
enjoy them: they applaud me
when I do we'll, and then they 60
home as we'll ordered people should
That is what [ like: that's what
makes mans opinion of women
higher.
but this other sort of thing %
he went on, sit is not gracious in y
girl: it does not belong to her. I
want to think well of American
girls and women, for they have
been very generous to me, and
made many things possible for
me and mine at home. But,
just stop and think, Mr.. Car
son, what / see as I go from city
to oity in your country: think how
hard it is for me. as foeeignsr, 10
believe that your Amerio6n girls
are nice: that they are all they
are all they should be.
"They mean we'll. I do not
doubt" he added, "but is that the
most / should be able to say of the
American girl: that she means
we'll?
"Mr C4rson," he said suddenly
before 1 could answer, 81 should
like very much to have you come
to my recital tomorrow afternoon
and see for yourself"
hesitated moment, Sis, for
you know I'm not given to these
.afternoon hen Fairs Sill u;
was Saturday, no court, and I
agreed
So yesterday 1 went to the re-
cital with your idol. and for two
nours I sat there and nothing hap
pened. When he had played his
last number. however. there was a
movement toward the stage. and
when he came out again the wo
men were packed around that stage
fifty deep I never saw suoh jost-
ling end pushing. Twice, thrice,
he came out and bowed, and then
he played again. This went on
for three encores, and then began
throwing of corsage bouquets the
like of which 1 never saw before
a fourth encore, and as he finished
ne beckoned to me IN the box and
[ went "behind
Il am going home," he said
briefly. "Will you come with me
and walk ahead to the carIiage?"
Walk ahead?" / asked But
iust then | opened the stage door
leading to the street and 1 saw
what he meant There stood 9
surging mass of at least thousand
girls and women, and crszier aud
more tense set of faces 1 never
saw before and hope never to see
tgain.
Here he comes" came from a
hundred of these women at once,
ard in moment 1 found mself in
/. whirl of women EQUALLY fighting
my way to the curb. with your idol
keeping close behind me.
I never was SO disgusted with
womanhocd in my life. They
closed in on us: the feminine
proximity was absolutely offensive:
woman's faces were thrust into our
OWL, hands were laid on us, and
such pushing and showing l never
experienced At last I reached
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