The Holly chieftain., 1911-01-06
His Easy Task.


eeils good story of Granville Barker s
care In stage managing and the amount
OF meaning he wants his actors 10
convey without spoken words. Il
want yOu," said Barker, ito go up the
stage and, opening book. lean over
the back of that chair and convey by
your expression that you have broth
er who is a shipowner in Sunderland"
Another story is Conyns Carrs ready
interruption of Herman Merivale, who
was on the verge of insanity. In
public dining room he knelt down and
began to recite the Lords Prayer ANY
ordinary check, it was known, might
have made him violent Carr simply
said, Look out. Merivale: the authors
present"
Sharp and Bright!
Two street urchins were arguing
about the high cost of living or some
thing at Sixth and SAMSON streets.
and soon logic was exhausted and they
began to call names.
you're a bonehead" one grimy kid
informed the other.
"Gwan. I'm SO sharp me old man
tried to lick me the other day and cut
his hand. You're the lowbrow of the
party"
SIS that SO? Well, if you want to
know anything, I'm so bright my
mother calls ME un."-Phila,lelphja
Times.
I'm just back from jamaica
Full of ginger, l suppose?"- New
York Press.
A Royal Exile's Reception.
In the memoirs of Princess Murat
there is an indignant description Of
the reception accorded Napoleon III.
In England in 1871:
"When the emperor went to Wind
sor by the queens invitation. accom-
panied by the Due de Rassano and
the officers of his suit. he found that
only small pony carriage had been
sent to meet him--all that was thought
necessary for fallen sovereign. The
empress was loud in expressing her
outraged feelings. Lord Gran
vile and Mr.. Gladstone We're. know,
Mortified when they heard of the blum
der. l think that an apology was sent
to his majesty. blaming some official
of the court for the tactless incivility."
Paper Money In Mexico.
IL Mexico and other Latin American
countries there is no law against the
reproduction Of the paper money Of
the country for use, as advertising. but
in the United States this is Il felony
and any one SO doing would be prose
cuted under the laws of the land for
cOunterfeiting the national currency.
ln Mexico imitation bills can be seen
at all times used for advertising pur-
poses. and, strange to say, they de
ceive no one. and the users Of them do
not intend any deceit though 1t would
seem to be IN easy matter to pass
them on unlettered persons. Can 1t
be that MeXicans are more intelligent
or simply that few Of the illiterate
ever gain possession of paper money?
-Argonaut..
The Salt In the Sea.
The Pythagoreans held that the sea
was salt by reason of the tears shed by
NiouoS, ldtHeI VI Leus. According 10
tire old Hebraic tradition. the ocean
was originally great body of fresh
water, but which was made salt by the
abundant tears Of the fallen angels
One sect of Buddhists believe that
Lots wife-that is to say, the pillar Of
SALT which was once the wife of the
humble gentleman named aboye-lies
at the bottom of the ocean in a certain
narrow strait and that once each year
that narrow channel. The Talmudic
writer's say that it was never salt until
Moses wept repentance after breaking
the II bleS of stone