The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-01

memberd - EARTHQUAKES! Stag
gering to his feet he took it on the
run in his pajamas and was one OF
the first to sprint across the city into
Golden Gate Park, where there were
no buildings to fall upon ones head.
Raymond Hitchcock, after an un-
usual successful performance of "a
Yankee Tourist" of recent evening,
amused and diverted some of his
friends with good story, which the
trial marriage plan champicne:l by
Mrs. Herbert Parsons recalled to his
memory.
This trial marriage idea." said Mr..
Hitchcock, reminds me CT Lucy, a
good looking octorcon who served in
the family OF distinguished friend
OF mine. Lucy caused her mistress
il lot OF annoyance by receiving the
attentions OF Il Gashing buck mulatto,
who was net only heal waiter at a
popular hotel, but also had a wife
AID family. Really said friend
CT the LAZY. you ought to speak to Lucy
abou. the matter. 1t would be too
bad to have her in love with married
man.. Speak to her the mistress did,
but in vain, for the following evening
the Cctcrccn was seen in the same
CID company, fer which, OF course, she
was severely taken to task.
Lucy, said the mistress, in tones
OF displeasure. did rot tell you. that
the man you are accepting attention
from is married."
Vas m replied Lucy demurely,
All knows that. But he is dissatis-
fed FEBRUARY Young's Magazine.
Thomas Meishan. who plays Billy
Bolton in "The College Widow" is
said to be justly proud of his accom-
plishments as a linguist Recently
Meighan invited few friends to a
chop suey dinner in Chinese res
taurant and proceeded to give his or
der in Chinese. The Celestial looked
at him stcically for moment, and
then saying ME no speakee Inglis,"
called another waiter.
At the close of matinee perform
ance of "The College Widow" Dan
Collyer, who plays the football coach
in the AIDE play, was standing in the
theatre lobby waiting for friends.
Beautiful and fashionably dressed,
a lady approached him and said: II
beg your pardon, but have the honor
to see before me the splendid actor
whose powerful and sonorous voice
directed the football game on the stage
this afternoon?'
Collyer Strengthened up and ans
wered: Madam, am he"
Then will you be good enough to
call out in your very loudest tones for
the carriage of Mrs.--?"
Giacomo Puccini, whose Japanese
opera, Madam Butterfly" has facinat-
ed America, began his career in hall
bedroom. After early years of strug-
gle against poverty he went to Milan
with his brother and rented small
room into which were squeezed a lit
tie bed and big piano. Both young
men were then studying under Baz-
zini and Ponchielli. Their combined
income amounted 20 twenty dollars
monthly in the shape of a government
allowance.
In recounting the story of the hall
bedroom Puccini said:
I'VE ran into debt right and left,
and before the end of the month we
often had to pawn our sticks, umbrel-
las and overcoats to obtain little
money for immediate requirements.
We were also little handicapped in
having to pay our landlord promptly.
When he in his official capacity
brought us the registered letter con-
tanning the grant he would wait till
we had opened 1t, and he would then
ask US to pay our lodging bill at once.
This really meant that we had very
little, and sometimes nothing, left to
remind us of the Government gener-
osity, except the envelope"
As the landlord conducted a cafe
of his own, where he sold food to his