The Paducah evening sun., 1910-03-03
Some Stories Around the Town.

Look at that mark on that trunk, ="
remarked a travelling man this morn
ing while he stood near the baggage
room of the Union station. ITO a
fellow that is not onto the game IL
might look like an ancient inscrip-
tion on tomb, but 1t means a whole
lot to the fellow on the inside.
"You see," continued the knight OF
the road, "I've been through all the
degrees OF tipping. and know that 10
a sign that the owner Is generous In
remembering baggage handlers. Trans
fer employees and baggage handlers
at railroad stations and hotels have
secret alphabet by which they In
| form their fellow workmen OF the
generous and the crouch. Let a
clam have a trunk on the road few
months and 1t will soon be covered
with the hoodoo marks, and its ma
terial life is cut short, for you can
imagine what kind of handling II
gets with the fraternity against It,"
The Vancouver, n. s., World in a
column review of a lecture on Henry
VIII, by Richard Scott, the Paducah
actor. who is making a name for
himself with the Louis James COM
pany. says:
Vancouver lovers of the Bard OF
Avon were given a rare treat on
Thursday afternoon when in response
to a quantity worded invitation from
Ye Shakesspearean Societie they gath
erred in the pretty dining room of
Glencoe Lodge to hear 'Goode Master
Richard Scott OF the Louis James
company, that Is playing at present
at the opera house. discourse on the
worlds greatest poet. Had fate not
cast Mr.. Scott's lot behind the glare
of the footlights it is certain that he
would have won an easy reputation
as a lecturer. His delivery is excel
lent, and never for a moment does
he lose a certain repose of manner
that goes we'll with the study OF
Sh halespeare. Added to this an even
beautiful voice and his qualifications
to handle such a mighty subject as
the Bard of Avon will be easily UNI
derstood.
"The speaker was introduoed to
his audience by Mr.. Fred Dyke. The
Shakespeare society, said Mr.. Dyke,
had never before given a public ex-
hibition OF any kind, but he hoped
that CIR. Scott would be able to lee
ture to them again at some distant
date and others also. He expressed
warm thanks to Mr.. p. c. Kilby and
his sisters for their tremendous in
fuence on the part OF literature in
this city.
"A vote Of thanks TO Mr.. Scott
was moved by Mr.. Bernard McEvoy,
who said how satisfactory Il was IN
young city like Vancouver TO see
such a arge audience gathered for
such a large audience gathered for
able to say that in Vancouver they
used their dining-rooms not only for
the sustenance of the body, but also
for the food of the mind.
"Mr. Bursill, who also spoke, said
that there were only two portraits in
existence OF George Lewis, the man
who had created the part of Cardinal
Wolsey. One was in the Bodleian
library. and it had been his great
good luck to come across the other
between the pages of am old book
catalogue. He had given II to Sir
Henry. then Mr.. Irving, who had
hung 1t in his dressing-room and had
afterwards adapted for his own use
the gesture used by Lewis IN the
part.
after the lecture tea was served
and greatly enjoyed by all present.
Mrs. w. III. Leckie and Mrs. Bailey
presided over a table decorated with
pink and white carnations while the
room was arranged IN yellow daffo-
dis. They were assisted by the
Misses Kilby. Mr.. e. G. KilbN Miss
Kayil. the Misses McHafie and
others."