The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-04
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'..'lns madane's tour had =
matte position ~ Tho third
p .Hrmpa,n sc,fed IN the nrat round
au madame shot tho chutes Tor
r. .un 10 her varied cnre"r she shot
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...a4 irrIyrd ~ terssv city ysater.
n. ..H g ai ~ ~ after % fast run fruln
~uc vent dircct to the Majestic.
10 sntI that yesterday was Ia 10
OBJ. iay on In America and thai, she
H,. .n" from pittsburg solely for tho
." e ac"TnR the island Madame
...r. nn a. much, that tho reporters
v... nH' go along Madame loved tho
's..r'ar-. tu'. alaa, twenty ~ them follow.
lrg .rr carriage taking notes and twenty
m.ro .i'uora men setting Of flashlights at
every block might attract attention. No,
raiIrue nd not think abe would have time
n VISIT any Il the amusement places at
Conc,
Rv' Gown at Coney Island Thompson
ar Drum had a pair Of thoughts on the
matter that beat Madame's thought all
hollow Hours before she had been helped
into her carriage at the Majestic 10 begin
her twenty mile dri We the battle of the press
agents had begun.
The first gun was fired when Joe Drum
bloomeu out on Surf avenue wearing a
French pot hat and over anxious Partisan
Trousers Surf avenue will stand for gaily
decked Canels. escaped ions and tigers.
nra-s bands and that sort of thing. but
Surf avenue held its breath for five minutes
when n Jaw the d-borrowed from Joe
Tracy. once d member of The Parish
Pries'' company. but now playing the
Devil IN Dreamland's End of the World
and harkers stopped barking when they
saw the flowing tie. printed in three colors
and a key plate.
Just inside the Luna gate sat Thompson,
his wrinkled brow bent over a French
grammar Bill had raised "a velvet coat,
but the Bostock press agent had him beaten
a mile IN the matter of trousers.
Bong, Joor, monsewer: said Drum.
trlpplnRIV, while he airilV 6lckad the ashas
of his cigarette.
-Merci bo-roop, and many of them"
answered Bill without a moments hesita-
tlon |
You seem to me to be atre nouveau dams
quelque tchose in the business, Bill-Madame
spends the day with Us. you know"
Bas de Iescalier for yours. and ! guess
that will hold you for a temps" answered
Bill with some heat
Have a care. monsewer cried Joe. threat
eningly, "or it will be bonner TN souf1et,
lnonsewer!" (Which translated means,
Are you trying to start something?O is
II METRE J. epee a la main?"
'Ha, it Is to laugh In Paree, nonsewer,
rather 1t is donner Yin coop de pied in the
Stats"
A has. Skip Dundy.' was Joe's parting
shot. A has, The Great Train Robbery"
and continued his stroll.
"A bas lie Midget City-le Midget WILLIE"
Bill Thompson screamed after the depart
ing trousers and the incident was tempo
rarlly closed.
Then Bill Thompson got down to bust
ness. for the advance guard had telephoned
hat madame was leisurely driving toward
I oney First. with the help of a French
dictionary and Blondy Brown, man of all
work around Luna, Bill had an elab-
crate sign painted with the legend;
&c chemin mere droit a Luna Park"
%IH,ttered on it. Then he grew doubtful
about the French, with the exception of
The words "Luna Park, +" and hastily aban-
dored his idea of railing the sign on Surf
averue at the corner of Ocean Parkway.
BESIDES, a better idea had come to Bill
ne would climb into a motor. skirt around
1he got into the clutches of designing press
agents.
1t was Just ! In the evening when j. Drum,
looking about anxiously from his post in
front OF Bostock's. almost fell over a baby
carriage as he made a wild jump toward a
landau that had a'most passed the Dream
ana entrance before he saw that the i'm
nosing, auburn haired lady reclining in the
landan was the divine Sarah. Beside her
at William F.. Conror and opposite sat
Mlle Sealor, d m mNer of her company.
WIN Mademoiselle was seated f. j. Sulli-
var, marager Of Madame's company.
One reason madame had almost got by
doe unrerceived was that the full length
o, he rival press agent was doing its best
10 plot out the picture of madame: The
motor was constantly between madame's
carriage, and the Dreamland entrance
during the slow drive down Surf avenue.
a bas la Trip to the Moon!' yelled Joe
Drum when he could get his breath.
"a bas lie Bump lie Bumps!" answered
bII thompson sweetly, and at the same
,in" tossing something bright across the
narrow space between the motor and the
Iandau. II fell into the hands of madame's
4r!yer Far behind Drum also ran, and
bII did not lose his anxious look until
Ihatt'ue had entered the u gate.
Madame was in the best of humor. She
wore a broad brimmed straw hat with
nacE pIumes, white aigrette and pink roses
a'houg the fixtures thereon, a fluffy brown
leather boa. ID long white Paris walking
GOA from under which some founces OF
va" h"gan straightway to sweep the dust
u Luna : streets.
Down toward the restaurant walked
Madame and her string of newspaper at
PENDANTS, and as she approached the band
sS,.T%,nd near the lagoon the band struck up
H." Marseillaise. Its Boinhart!"
gaNi"i Rertha and Lizzie and lilly, and by
a S'r' Of telcpathy the magic words flew
around the Park. Madame had scarcely
Pm he'd her bow and smile to the band
lea Ter Tor his French music when the whole
rarE vas present to see her in the wonderful
performance Of seating herself at one OF
ths PARK tables,