The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22


CONGREGATIONS makes strange bedfel-
GUS 0essee Fellows perhaps would be
aors co-rea; In This eqSStle so yhe great
northwest Last week :as office Il
s - - &TS&SSS &z1d tire itti-
ro&$ Central z&lsCoaS ticket Offices
EeCo pstsaCS 0p Sts& c~eCa2eIgion with
sSch osEs- - sSt e&St8SS for their
! ~sSHacIvs lines Then they occupied
tEErs91 RzeS = IKE cd NoadaTin
I be New Gaey are doing the same
e2s y S&S2uesS n room OF the
DAVIDSON annex with nothing but the
z-s&Es1Slou G. man 70 separate them.
Il tSs right ~ :ae entrance 10 the
6sy scn IS TIE Milwaukee Of
Gce gaS1SA3y decorated With paper fes-
remnants G. > resent ban, In the rear
% VNae rs -oa-s Is q small stage. sup
porting s piano, s Vase OF flowers and
a Stack CT sheet music. At the foot
q TIVE piano tarr foot o prefer is
g ska Informing the reader that the
thereby -:lCHaaa1S that the last social
gathering held IN the hal was in the
z&Fa-eot : ~aoYe" affair.
t. SAs lex Of the entrance is the
Illinois Central office with its desks
and star % employees. Conversational
oDthozsS = passed between the two
offices at frequent intervals, while the
railroad men are at work.
He . prospective traveller enters
TIE office intent upon going to Podunk
or some other winter resort. he is
somewhat bewildered by the trans
~fcT7pattons that have occurred since
tne names destroyed the old offices.
The ticket men on either side of the
narrow aisle look at him appealingly,
Ike the "spieler" IN front of a tented
show at a county fair and resort to
mental biography in their attempts
IN ERNrTra thu hr,ri,,n-- Jg ~ 4--- -.
the right he is a milwaukee, man; if
ne 100 the left, he indicates that
the Illinois Central Is his favorite.
n piano Is used occasionally when
business is duh and when the office
force feels h need of recreation. On
ographlc genius OF the Milwaukee Of
fee, waltzes to the Instrument and ia
Vors h workers with a few modern.
classics. In order to keep UP the spir-
1t of the game, he is being urged to play
only railroad and those relating
70 lraVel. AZ the present time he is
rehearsing Casey Jones'"
The railroad men say they will nut
on a private minstrel show when they
nave time for rehearsals. Only those
VINO promise to love, honor and pa
tronize both lines whenever possible
VIII pc given a chance to see the per-
3. e. Nichol, commercial
agent for the Illinois Central, is booked
for i~nter,ocntor;; c. N. Curtis, division
freight and passenger agent. MiiUau-
kee, and Charles A. Ayres. city pas-
agent, Illinois Central, end men:
W. FL. Christy. orchestra; Donald
Huntoon, T.. A. Lewis and w. C. Wer-
t~enbruch, all of the Illinois Central.
together with c. A. Wooley. William
EmInert and Fred Fillmer, Of the Mil
waukee, Will be soloists and will also
appear as the mob in the great round
house scene in the second act.
English as she is spoken offers soma
amusing examples OF the difference N
be observed between the written and
the spoken word. Just at the present
time the term "Mardi Gras' is being
erueily distorted by many who hear
they see 1t in print.
Recently a young man who taxes an
occasional flyer into what Is termed
society in these parts called up the one
fair object of his alterations and ex-
tende an invitation to the Mardi Gras
ball to be given next week. The con-
Yersation proceeded as follows:
Say. Madge, yuh busy next Friday
nigllt?" 'uy
Nav. Whatchu got on?"
An l just thought yuh'd like to &C, to
the McGraw ball tub be given in the
Auditorium"
want tuh go. but you mean
the Martha Graw ball, don't yuh? oh
you Steve. donchu ever get names
Well, you get me anyhow. I got an
invitation last year and thought I
couldn't so, but I could just as wei
have went. Well. s'long. See YOU
Sunday. Don't forget about the Muir
der Craw."