The evening world., 1913-02-04

| ousihesS-put my English prudence
said to me what would the American
citisens around US Think It's bad
enough that I should be here BY my
lonesome. without starting Q paries.
VOC with . stranEeri You bot set.
oed down into my seat with . COM
oined sulky-hercs expression that
would have scared of the most de-
terminsd to get acquainted kind and
turned my shouldery away from him.
This seemed to annoy my other
neishbor. q pretty. dusky-hairsd girl.
who was sitting In the pocket Of her
best boy escort. She hastily moved
half an inch away from him and pre-
tended they hadn't been holding hands.
A I had no intention Of being q spoil
sport had to put my shoulders
straight and turn my attention to the
stage
THE soNo OF THE GIRL WITH
THE sLiM WAIST.
A large lady with . waist laced In
20 elm you were scared she might
break In halves was sinEing ragtime.
and there we're two what We call at
homo comedians on either side Of her.
What want 70 know 10 was the
actress thsre 20 sing 70 the audience
or 10 aot - . punching ball for the
two msnf Tell me, dear New York !;
you ought 70 knowi
The girl was pretty end had good
lunss Il guess We won't question the
voice; I think It must have bssn .
oontraite- tsnor-mssso boss sopsAno),
but the way these two funny men
smacksd her bare arlns and pushed
her about was positively orusl Al
ivory smack the audience roarsdi
TN thinking Of trying to raise funds
70 Start . prevention Of Cruelty to
Durissaus Actresses Socisty!" (If any
body has money TO spara WI they
please send II alonSO
A. the beginning Of the last verse
-somsthinS about moon and COON
the iong-suffsring lady with the lungs
brsathsd 20 hard that she sHtinguishsd
the footlights. and they had to light up
the stage with the ssarchiight from
the back Of the housed That happened
several timss during the EVENING"
After that Gong was over. The lights
were turned on again. and the chorus
aid some work to the raggsdsst Of rag
time tunes: then the curtain came
down and thsrs wNs . holiday for
svsryoody.
gusss tAsy "a tAAA n order
Il 20 give ~ two funny gsatlsmsn
Il time 70 brush The pearl powder
; OF tAsi1 clothes aAA AAAA u baok
u 70 the lady % that she ooull ~
d place u wAsss II bsionssl ses Ne
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During the interval. I cast down my
syss and studied my programme In
tsntly. but ! managed to have . look
round at the people from under my
hshsA I don't think there were more
than two dossn women In the whole
place, and they we're escorted. Say.
DON'T you sympathiss with the way I
fsltf ] must state. however. that peo-
pie were very nice and kind and no
body stared too hard. In Paris, I'm
afraid they wouldn't have been 90
poiits-whsn anything . little out-of-
ths-way 10 done there the crowd DOM.
msnts about Il pretty freely; II isn't
that they mean b BE- rude or unixind
but the Latin race has got 70 havs
IL say about anything that surprises
Il. otill. was gaad when th> our
tain went up again and bladder still
when it rolled down for the last time
Out ran quick ana jumped into q
tAA that took me homo Il have oablsd
to Paris for funds) a. ! don't care to
take subways and things It night. but
I'm afraid u means the poorhouss fos
me In my old aGA)
II took an hours hard brushing q
get the smell Of tobacco out Of my
hair; and - for my clothes-they still
rssk Of cold cigars
Hereafter I shall night shy Of suoh
sweeping. assertions a. I'm New Yori'
lady can 20 anywhere alons" Once
bitten. twios shyi