The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-07-22

is the greatest trick-conjuror; and
all around prestidigitator in the
business; she works on the full
stage, but without spatlights. The
Troubadour has an act which is q
scream. There are several animal
acts; the Faithful Dog and tho No
BILE Charger, for instance. But
the best of them all is Milady, for
she can play any part that the
sketch writer can invent. Now she
is vampire; presently she will
turn ministering angel. One Death
also does turn; but this is a mys-
terry act.
INTERLUDE DIABOLIQUE.
The devil frowned. "Intelli-
gence," be said, "does no good to
my business. I get some OF the
intelligent ones with the obvious
tricks, wine and women, money and
ambition, but too many of them get
away" He pondered for an eter-
nifty or two. "Ah!" he said, II
have it. Cut me off a section Of
Patent Improved Fuel, Beelzy,
about two feet by two. Now divide
it into sixty-four equal squares,
and chequer every other square
with lime. Take your sword and
white out some of that pine that's
not in use. That's it. Thirty-two
chunks" Beelzebub was mysti6ed
by these proceedings. Some new
wrinkle in chivalry?" be suggested
Satan :.laughedr (sardonically, of
course). No." he replied, "this
is what you may call a game. The
game of-let me see-the game Of
chess. Chess so" he added (they
make that kind down there). Hui
10 there, give me six-o-five, Male
bolge. That you, Belial? I want
an imp. An imp, l said. Not a
chimpanzee, no. An imp, imp.
Send him right away. Yes, the
subway" "What under the sui
phur do you want an imp for?''
asked Beelzebub. Satan chuckled.
"Just hand me that cyclopedia,
Miss Aholibah. Thank you" he
said. Mathematics, um-yes.
Mathematics is very highly de-
veloped in Arabia This is the
layout. l am going to start this
thing in Arabia, and it will soon
spread. In few centuries it will
wind itself into the heads of those
very intelligent men | was talking
! about just now. Instead of trying
Ito buck me. they will be soaked in
chess. They will breathe it by
. day, and dream problems in their
! sleep. Some of them will land in
the asylum and some in the poor
Q house, and the beauty of it is that
e nobody will rise up and say: This
thing must be stopped" And
! that night there was great phono-
q graph concert in Hades.
J, FIVE FEET OF COMMENTS.
There is as much of liberal ed
: ucation in the comments on DIR,
Eliot's shelf of books as in the
{, books themselves. One critic il
:, candid. cit is some time," he ad-
n mits, ''since [ read Millions Areo.
g pagitica and Jonson's Volpone
It bnt," he adds, Il shall return Il
J. them with added zest." Next year
# perhaps or in the next incarnation
;. Another is jocular. "Let me see
il was it Noah or Daniel Webster
who wrote the Duchess of WALTZ
,. Homer's Had and Odyssey? Sure
!! [ went through them at the lunch
le counter the other day." Their
% there is the contemptuous kind
- eff man wants liberal educa
;, ton, the best thing he can do il
dump this bunch OF rubbish in thu
x ash pan and take a correspondence
as course from Scranton, Pa" Tn
10 Questioning view: where il
% this selection is there to be asce1
of tanned -Brownlng's Paraoelsus
= Newton's Principia or the Avesta
70 Zendf' The plain mans idea: "Dl
III Eliot doesn't believe in the Bible.
le Mr.. Viereck's opinion: "Why nc
" Mr.. w. n. and my other poems 7
~ Every other author: "Why nc