Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-28

q sort or procession. They marched in
twos and threes. There was no fight
content only to walk behind the nan
they loved.
On each side OF Mark Twain there
trudged a ragged newsboy. He was
smiling and talking to them. I would
have given much to hear that conver-
OF the sweet wrinkled face with. the
kindly humorous eyes. cncompassed
about by the luxur1ant white locks.
Here was the giant of American liter
ature. honored by universities OF Eur
ope and America. engaged in animated
dialog With q pair OF dirty street urch-
ms. I hove never witnessed the like OF
this scene. and l shall treasure It in
my memory as long as 1 remember
anything.
Snow and Mud.
Il saw q burleque show this after
noon." said Aucassin. Never mind
for q certain reason 1t was requisite
that I should 60. 1t was rotten. Of
course. A male and female danced g
passion duet which was filthy. obscene.
nauseating. A clown minus a voice
sang a song slandering the hottest
thing we have In the world-mother-
hood and babies. 1t was vile. vicious;
l could scarce sit It out.
But I won't %expatiate. There was
one girl in the motley company who
sang and danced rather we'll. and h
had an innocent appearance. In the
chorus OF one of her songs she ran
stretched ove tho f%ootlights, asking.
Don't You want to love a girl like
me?" or some such silly slush The
audience was composed almost entirely
OF men: but one weak-minded chap
had brought a girl Of 8 or I years with
him Ho l}fto6 thu ChS16 In h(c nrnnu
and carried 1t up to the stage where
the singer was stretching out her arms.
The painted m 0 the innocent
child in her arms and kissed 1t. and
the little girl kissed her back and
smiled.
"As 1 said. 1 saw his ut II burlesque
show"
Love On the Stage.
1 went to a music hall the other day
to see the most charming couple in
vaudeville. / saw them once about
-four years ago. Both he and she are
clever. She chants and dances with
rare daintiness; he sings. too, and COM
poses the songs. 1t is ragtime. of
before you, the music becomes only IA
faint background: perhaps they charm
you into forgetting 1t.
They are young. and can have been
married but q few years. She is re-
markably beautiful. to my taste. and
a 1t is in their love making that
this pair Is unique. l have seen MOTH
Ing to equal 1t anywhere else. In it's
mutually, its OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
sheer loneliness. 1t is beyond all praise.
Their kissing. for instances! What II
indecent. .osculatory Intercourse is
made OF the variety stage! But with
these lovers it becomes an act Of such
chaste and exquisite beauty that even
the Grass gallery crowd sits looking on
in s~pellbOund silence.
A day later l went to see two famous
players In the greatest love story Of
the worlds literature. These artists
We're married within the year. l was
disappointed. They did not make love
tuntty after opportunity passed them
by apparently unnoticed. They acted
their parts intelligently. and on the
whole well-but 1t wasn't love. 1t was
not the plays fault; for Isn't love the
same throughout the ages? Why, then.
where the vaudeville pair, at seeming
ly every disadvantage, was superb,
above criticism? Were they really not
so deeply in love with each other? /
can't say. h only safe thing on which
l can lay my finger is this: The lovers
4 eoW ii IHe iiusiC l'dil were young,
for h others, loves heyday YVES past.
And love is life. and life Is youth.
An Explanation.
81 trust you will not think it raw OF
me to ask why you have of late de-
voted so much time to the c%onsidera-
ton OF ve.'-Emily. s. G..
Because I believe that most people
like to read about love, and because /
like to write about it.