The Washington times., 1908-06-21

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| arate tickets or else lose out on the
graft Pisistratus and his boys ran in
a lot of loaters from Macedonia, voted
EN- early and often. ana then a rev
and won the election by a large p!u
rality. After that they had to come to
! Pisistratus with their hats of II they
wanted anything that was going. This
| Pisistratus guy had two sons. Hippias
and Hipparchus, and I once knew a
chorus girl in The Waltz Dream
who"
quite So" said Mr.. Anhalt. hur-
riedly. but you are overlooking the
| esthetic side of that great statesman.
You seem to forget"
4 forget nothlng!" retorted Mr.. Pc
| tiers, with asperity. Il know perfectly
well that it was Pisistratus who built
the lyceum."
7 thought it was Dan Frohman,"
said Mr.. Anhalt.
''Yes-and no" returned Mr.. Peters.
haughtily. and he stalked out into the
night, and the storm.
1T is strange" said Mr.. Anhalt.
"how some folks are always butting in.
Now about this club"
And II it's Of any interest to you"
said Mr.. Peters. sticking his head
through the swinging doors, this Pisis-
tratus guy had a father by the name
OF Hippocrates" Mr.. Anhalt reached
for his empty glass, but this time Mr..
Peters was really gone.
Prize for Pronunciation.
Some OF the chorus girls mad tea yes
terday afternoon at the Hotel Aston,
and when they arrived at the theater
in the evening they learned that they
had organized the Pisistratus Club.
Immediately all was excitement. One
OF the girls even so far lost her head
as 10 say a good word for the stage
manager-behind HIS back. Excitement
reached its highest pitch when It was
announced that the management had
offered a prize for the first girl who
could pronounce the name Of the club.
Everybody began TO practice at once,
and kept on till the property man hur-
ried in to ask who brought in the bee
hive,
Interest then conferred on another sife
of the matter. Miss Bluette De Merge
was the first TO voice It:
What Is this Pisis- Well, what is It,
anyaow?T she asked,
You pronounce It Pisistraytus. my
dear" said Miss Yznaga La Forge,
kindly, and 1 kinder think It's a man
or sumpn."
IT is a man." interjected Mr. An
halt, who again happened 70 be pass
ing, "or rather II was. He died about
2.5O0 years ago. When he was alive he
was the tyrant of Athens. He had a
father named Hipocrates." Mr.. Anhalt
was continuing. cribbins shamelessly
from Mt. Peters, when he was inter
rupted by Miss Belasco.
"Gee"' said she. have We got to be-
long to a club named after such dead
one as that?''
mo one is forced 10 Join this uplift-
ing organization" said Mr.. Anhalt.
but 1 had hoped that the desire Tor
higher things would be sufficient to in
sure the membership OF every girl in
this show. As XenOphOn remarks in
his celebrated 'Anabasis,' 'Hoi gar ponOi
Uois agathois'
4 share your views, Mr.. Anhalt.
said Miss AIcComas third from the end
etc,), and 10 Miss Belasco / have only
10 remark. in the words of Euripides,
'Hoi logoi &c katapalaiousin logous.
The First Paper to Be Read.
BY the time Miss BeIasco had been
revived. Mr.. Anhalt had departed. II
ought TO be said right here that Miss
MCCOmas lthiTd, etc.) is president OF
the PisistratUs Club. Miss Gabrielle
BaCOt Ohe one with THE teeth is sec
rotary. Miss Francesca lie Claire is
esthetic adviser. Meetings of the club
are 10 be held in WallaCks Theater
At the first meeting Miss McCOmas will
read a paper. entitled How 10 Tell the
LAGOON From a Plate Of Tripe." The
next day an excursion viii be taken 10
the Metropolitan Museum OF Art and
the club members will have an oppor-
tunity 10 see IL they can do IL. On the
way up a stop will be made at Shan
leys TO obtain the tripe.
Though a feeble but conscientious at
tempt has been made 10 identify this
Pisistratus. it ought to be stated plainly
Jhat he is not 70 be COMPOUNDED with
Mr.. P1sistratus PifcadIiy, Of Boston.
Somebody wrote 10 the sun about him
some time ago. and then other persons
wrote IN, saying IN substance, They
can't he no such person" After that.
Mr.. Pisistratus Pifcahlly himself
wrote to the sun. He said that the re-
port that he didn't exist was grossly ex-
aggerated, but he admitted that he lived
in Boston.
Mr. Anhalt said that in addition 20
Miss McComas, Miss Ada Lewis will
be invited to address the club on The
Upward Surge Of Art" or as Sam
Bernard q Greek?"-The New York sun. |