The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-03-07
POPULAR AUTHOR ALMOST CAUSES
A RIOT
Gives a few Definite rs Worthy
Of Indefinite
Perpetuation

gentleman ~ d uipcu wiz - "os :"
lady.
II had intended going to Philadelphia.
but have changed my mind since learn
ing that graft has been abolished in the
Quaker city.
II was never ugly in my life. There
was a time forty years ago, when ! was
not as pretty az / am now. however.
When the trolley conductor oom-
mands you to step lively. 1t is really the
voice Of the companys president you
hear. He wants to earn dividends in a
hurry"
The foregoing epigrams were dropped
by Mark Twain in a sermon before the
Young Mems Christian Association at
the Majestic Theater the other day.
That Mark Twains popularity is by no
means on the wane was furnished sun
day in New York by crowd of more
than 5000 young men. members of the
Young Mems Christian Association. who
battered down the doors OF the Majestic
Theater in their eagerness to get where
they could hear his lecture.
The doors of the theater were sched-
uled 10 open at o'clock and the lecture
TO begin half an hour later. AT 2;sC
there was present in front of the thea
ter a crowd that practically stopped
trafic In Columbus circle. 1t grew &c
such proportions that the reserves oi
two precincts, those OF the West Forty.
seventh and West Sixty-eghth street
stations had to be called out to main
tain order. The police thought to opea
the doors trifie before o'clock and
thin the crowd on the street. The swing
ing doors on the west side of the en-
trance were thrown back.
This was the signal for a stamped'
that tore the doors on the west side o
;sa entrance from their hinges. The few
women In the crush fared badly. In III,
the women were roughly h n lied. / n.,
screamed in terror and II was only b,
hard work that they were finally ex
tricated. minus some of their wearin,
apparel This all happened before tn,
reserves We're called out Only two DO
licemen had been placed around tn,
doors and 1t was apparent that the,
were entirely unable to cope with III,
situation. Police Captain DAILY of tn,
West Forty-seventh street station hear,
of the excitement and in a few moment
had twenty-five patrolmen and three
mounted policemen on the scene
The police then formed a Gordon abou
the entrance and permitted the people /,
enter In blocks OF ten. When the theate
had been filled TO its utmost .capacit,
there were still considerably over on
thousand persons on the sidewalk
When the humorist stepped to the foot
lights the arplaus, was 'ieafcnins.
tasted some time 4 ring which MIR
Clements bowed and smiled. v c,,sn tn,
tumult had subsidized he snl:
''The subject of my talk Tits a',cfl ,oi
was to be "Reminiscences. This IS SIN.
day again and perhaps | wlll he eN
cused II | preach little. | nm not II
the habit OF delivering sermons. but to
day | want to say something a'out cit
ixenship. just incidentally. II IA ar,
good citizen be one .or all YOU arr
worth
There IL not enough good cit'zcns hil
In this world. II ought to he ,ar-ht oI
the mothers knee and n The ,,b'i'
schools. Men ought to treat one anothe
with more courtesy. There shoull b.
more good fellowship Last wcek re
ceived IA letter from magazine ,dto
In Monmouth. Ill., asking for iefni
tion of the word Gentleman Now II
these cautious days 1t Is dangerous 70
man to commit himself. so l reptile,
that gentleman is biped who is no
lady"