Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-12


Sgnor PhLidor do his portrait? He would pay
He Strengthened, put his enormous hand upon his
chest elbow out, and took dramatic pose of the head
He wonderful Markham at once brought his
sketchng materials and drew him. while the Others
crowded about looking the shoulders of Monsieur
Phidor, and watched the feat accomplished Not until
it done Cleofonte permitted to see 1t would
spoil the pose.
And then Che mdgnifco biawai 1t was nothing
short of miracle The perhaps little short but
Mddre Do! what could one expect in twenty minutes?
Did not the mrstache need little smoothing? On the
morning of the performance it was Ceofontes custom
to dress it with pomatum. The cap, the earrings the
mole on his cheek-everything like as possible.
81, Monsieur Philidor was great artist, very great
artst-he, Cleofonte Fabiani said SOL
But when Phlidor took the sketch from his pad and
presented it to Cleofonte with his compliments the
athletes delight knew no bounds He showed his teeth
and stood first upon foot and then upon the other
the sketch held before him by the very tips of his sbby
fingers the Signora renqushng the bambino Hernia
and looking his shoulder, pleased even than
he. After that nothing would do but that the visitors
must stay for supper. Nothing much SOUP some
rye bread, peas, and lettuce; but if they would con-
descend he Fabiani, would be highly honored Hernia
accepted with alacrty She hungry again. Mark
ham smiled and glanced up at the smiling heavens un
fastened Clarissas pack, and brought out roasted
chicken, loaf of bread new tin pot, and bag of
coffee which he brought to the fireside.
The Signora insisted preparing the meal; so Mark
ham filled hisppe and helped Hernia amuse the baby
"You will pardon?' said Fabani. "But this is the
hour of practice while the supper is preparing Luigi
Stella, we will go on, if you please"
THE child rather ruefuly, Hernia thought and
took her place upon the mat, where under Luigis
direction she went through the exercises that were to
keep her young limbs supple for the approaching per-
formances 1t the familiar thing-the slow bend
ing of the back until the palms of the hands touched the
ground, In which position the child walked backward
and forward the contortons of the slender body the
split the putting of the legs round the neck Hernia
had these the Ambassadors and at Madison
Square Garden when the circus came; but had seen
them at great distance under blaze of light as part
of "a great spectacle in performance that went so
smoothly that gave thought to the diff
Guilty of achievement. There in the silent shadows of
the wood barred of its tnse and music the rehearsal
took different color She the straining muscles
of the child, the beads of perspraton that stood on
her brow the livd face with its tortured expression
An exclamation of pity broke from her lips
as it not enough?" she asked.
Cleofonte only laughed through his cigarette smoke
1t seemed like great DEAL he said. She had not had
her practice yesterday 1t would be still easier tomor
And then he sgnaled for the performance to be
repeated. At last Hernia turned to the baby and
would look She was tasting life other peo-
pies, at the springs John Markham had promised
and it not sweet.
There brief rest, after which Luigi and Stella
did acrobatic performance of tumbing and baanc-
ing, in which at the end Cleofonte joined with master
full air. punctuating the acts with and handclaps
and at the end of each act they all bowed and kissed the
tips of their fingers right and left to the imaginary audi
The rehearsal ended in applause from the visit
AS for the Sgnora, having put the coffee on to
boil, she nursing the bambino.
Cleofonte up putting and blowing and tapping
his chest. 3The performance is ended he exclaimed
ain tricks with Tomasso,-that is the of my BEAR
and in great feats of strength as have told you
after which l make my great wrestling challenge, to
throw any man in the world for one hundred francs
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