The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-10-06
wagon logged along toward the sta
ton house.

There is mourning among the up
State chicken colonies and the patcr-
nal Shanghai refuses to eat chopped
feed or gravel in his grief.
| All because Il northbound Eighth
avenue car hit two-horse wagon
load of eggs, between 13Oth street
and two o'clock in the afternoon.
The car was loaded with "fansn
on their way out to see the Giants
reproaching the Chicago Clubs, for
trying to win the pennant.
When the egg shells AMI profanity
had cleared away, the carload Of base
ball rooters looked pretty much like
smalle pieces Of ham in an UNDER
done omlet. Also.
Marcel waves, merry widow hats and
white shirt waists took on a color
much resembling the alleged streaks
in Haskell and Foraker
Archie Taggart, New York's tallest
cop, stopped three line drives with
his face. Bob Francis, the Harlem
horseman. connected with Six
count thcm-six:' faultlcss examples
of Renaissance Chen fruit.'
Eggs good, Indifferent and some
perfectly reckless, painted car, wa
gon, street and innocent bystanders
gorgeous hue, Three crates. how
ever. were found intact, and then the
Harlem small boys came down like
the wolf on the fold. Ripping off
the lids, they bombardcd every car
that came along.
"Shoot it, Devlin! Fire it home!
Get that guy!" they howlcd, as they
"swinged" passengers with the pre-
cision Of a Mathewson.
II was fun while it lasted. The
strong arm Of the law didn't loom up
so that it could be noticed. as it was
afraid of having its pretty blue sleeve
mussed, and so, all told. this two
horse wagon load of eggs furnished n
typical strenuous egg-rolling"
bee, wild enough to make the White
House lot Easter ceremony look pref
! ty much like a requiem mass.
Amicl Schiff, Of No. 400 East Scv-
cnty-fifth street, had a funny dream
the other night. Rumor has il he
dreamed that he thought the New
York Americans were winning the
championship series from Detroit.
However, be that as it may, Amicl'
guffawcd, "IIc! Tie. TTa! Ia! To!
Ho! Wow!' when suddenly pro-
nounccd jar shook The apartment
house and he awokc 10 find that he
had dislocatcd his jaw.
\ series Of combination shricks.
screams and gurglcs brought the fam
lily to The rcscuc. but try as they
might. tn, were unable 10 mlooscn
Amicl's Ia. machine. The thing was
tightly jammed somewhere between
the eccentric rod and the fly wheel.
DR.. Pease hustled in from the
Presbyterian Hospital and sized up
the situation in hurry. lie then
gave Amicl cruel swat on the law
and the bones snapped back into
place.
The family has thrown ont Joe Mil
lcr's joke book and other late hum
orous works and young Schiff will
doubtless hereafter confine his thea
ire going to tragedies.
1t is "not to laugh' with him from
now on.
Mrs. William Ellis Corey. former
ly Mabclle Gilman, beautiful ac-
treSs. Of New York, and Paris. takes
a fling at society that doesn't do
society bit Of good.
In recent interview with a low
browed reporter Mrs. Corey said il,
part:
"Society in New York and New,
port does not interest me in the least
as now constructed, for among the
so-called smart set there are scarce
ly any of its members who have any
appreciation and real love for art
AS for me, I cannot live and be hap.
py out of art atmosphere, and that is
why | love Paris and France. An
art atmosphere is unhcard Of in New
York society,"
"Ncw York has lots to learn. Per.
hapS the next generation Of The
wealthy in this country-for il is The
wealthy that constitute our American
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