Evening journal., 1907-06-03

prevented her sailing for Europe thr'
arted for home yesterday.
Dutch love and Bruin sociability which
kept me grinning for a week. The Ad-
. venturer, This Fortune. and When
Cinderella Dimes are capital stories,
and Under the Crest OF Shishaldin is
powerful, gruesome, and unusual.
have been interested in some serious
matters also. The Tragedy of the Re
leased Convict and The Cheat Of Over
capitalization. Then again, / paid
visit to the Chicago Art Institute, all
are museum upstairs and lively art
students in the basement which they
call the catacombs."
Everybodys was interrupted by a
roar of laughter from the corner, where
Uncle Remus. the butler. was watch
ing Jolly old st. Nicholas haul out from
his sack the June toys he had on hand
for all the children of his acquaintance.
The kindred spirits had chuclSled over
stories and poems, and Uncle Remus
went off into a fit )f hilarity which
brought a demand from the guests
that ST. Nicholas read the cause OF 1t
at once. So the obliging old saint Put
on his specs and began
The Desperate Doings Of Dan.
Martha Burr Banks. June st. Nicholas.
Now these are the desperate doings Of
Dan.
Before he was old enough yet for a
man;
A worry GOOD how was Daniel, too.
But some direful deeds he dared to do.
He shot a look. and he stole a glance,
He took joke and he seized a chance
He smothered a yawn and stified a
sigh,
He dropped a tear and he chdked cry
He drove a nail. and picture hung,
And over the wall a word he flung;
He poked the fire. and after he'd
He thrust out ticket and had it
punched.
He beat a game, and he broke a fall,
He cut up a caper and kicked ball
He cracked whip, and hand lie
shook,
He struck a path and he crossed a
brook.
He pushed plan and he crushed a
He iashed some sticks with piece of
rope,
He scratched note while he burned a
lamp,
And finished his letter with a stamp.
Now this is the record Of Daniels fun
Rut really. YOU see, no damage was
done,
For a gentle lad was Desperate Dan'
And he wished no harm to any man.
When the applause had subsided
Ieslie's Weekly looked I'D from its lat
est article on Tuberculosis and Cancer
and remarked. why don't you start :
magazine Uncle RemusY' The oll
negro chuclSled. Deed. n all is gwin'
to. honey. It's gwine be bout mos
everything and itn hab Uncle Remui
stories. It's 'bleeged ter"
81 heard a story about your sunny
South." remarked Success, and he tol'
the following
Forqettinq Something
When the train that conveyed Pres
ident Roosevelt through Virginia OF
f his last trip south stopped at Char
lottesvilIe, negro approached tn
Presidents car and passed aboard
, big basketful of fine fruit, to whicl
was attached the card Of prominen
, grower
ceived a letter of acknowledgment
] from the White House expressing III
= Presidents appreciation of the gift
- and complimenting the donor upon HI
e fruit. The recipient Of the letter was
4 Of course, greatly pleased and, feel
I ing sure that his head gardener woul
. he much interested IN the letter. h
? read it to hm. The darlsy who serve
!. in the capacity mentioned lstene
s eravelv. but his only comment was;
Il "He doan' say nuthin' bout sendir
S back de basket, do hep
e The spirit Of anecdote was stirrin
= up the guests and stories followed eac
$ other quickly
Il Modern Art.
with apologies to Kipling)
r When Earth's fair maidens have fade
d and their hair is scanty and dyed
e When all their lashes are falling. an
d their skin is wrinhled and driet
= They will paint, and. faith, they wi
!. need it-paint for a morning q
x two,
F. Until lips and cheeks and eyebrow
= will take on a beautiful hue.
]
!. And those that were frights shall b
g pretty: they shall sit in a dress
J. er's chair;
3, They'll enter her shop. brown-headeC
and emerge with auburn hair;
n They shall find an artist to pad them
Y old Madame Fonskeescrawl;
4 They shall gain five pounds at a Wis
@ and never grow thin at az
- And only their sister will notice, 8
n only their sister will blame.
( But they will not mind her sneerinl