The herald., 1914-12-24

roof garden under me. You'll hear
that la. Ia. la at the Cafe McCanu
now. along with garsong. The bo-
hemiau crowd there have become tired
of 'garsong' since O'Rafferty, the head
waiter. punched three Of them for
calling him It. Oh, no. the towns
strickly on the bum these nights. Ev-
cryOody's away. Saw a downtown
merchant on a roof garden this even
ing with his stenOGraphcr. Show was
50 dull he went TO sleep. \ waiter
biting on a dime tip To see If il was
good half woke him up. He looks around
and sees his little pothoOhs perpCtra
tor HIM says he. VIII you take a
letter. Miss De St MOntmOreucyE
Sure, in a minute says she, If you'll
make il an "
THAT was the best thing happened
Oh the roof SO YOU see how duh il is.
Ia, In. la
"'Tis fine We nave it up there in so
cicty. Miss Diana. Ye have the eat
show and the horse show and the mil
itary tournaments where the priyateS
look grand as generals and the generals
try 10 look grand rs dOorwalkcrS. And
We have the Sportsmen show, where
the girl that measures 30, 10, II cooks
breakfast food in a birch bark wig
wan on the banks Of the Grand canal
Of Venice conducted 10y one of the
VandcrbiIts, Bernard McFadden, and
the RcvcrcndS Dowie AMI DuSS. And
We have the French ball. where the
original CUhens and the Robert Emmet-
Sangerbuud society dance the high
land ding one with another. And yc
have the grand O'Ryan ball. which is
the most beautiful pageant in the
world. where the French students vie
with the Tyrolean warblers in dom
the cakewalk. Ye have the best job
for a statue in the whole town, Miss
Diana.
"'Tis weary work" sighed the is
land statue. "diSSeminatin' the science
of liberty in New York bay. Sometimes
when ! take a peep down at Ellis is
land and see the gang of immigrants
I'm supposed to light up. It's tempt
ed | am to blow out the gas and let the
coroner write out their naturalization
papers"
Say, it's shame, amt it, to give
you the worst end of it," came the
cyynp,tInti, optipb,pv pf tho Stnanla
chase goddess. 1T must be awfully
lonesome down there with so much
water around you. | don't see how you
ever keep your hair in curl. And that
Mother Hubbard You are wearing went
out ten years ago. ] think those sculp-
tor guys ought to be held for damages
for putting iron or marble clothes on a
lady. That's where Mr.. St GaudenS
was wise. I'm always a little ahead of
the styles, but they're coming my way
ment. | caught a puff of wind from
the north. Shouldn't wonder if things
had looseued up in ESOpus. There.
now! It's in the west What were
you saying Mrs. Liberty:"
A fine chat I've had with ye, Miss
Diana. ma'am. but see one of them
European steamers a-sailin' up the
Narrows. and | must be attendin' to
me duties. 'Tis me job to extend
aloft the torch of liberty to welcome
all them that survive the kicks that
the steerage stewards give 'em while
landin'. Sure it's a great country ye
can come to Tor $3.50. and the doctor
waitin' TO send ye back home free If
he sees yer eyes red from cryip' Tor it. 4"
The golden statue veered in the
changing breeze. menacing many points
on the horizon with its aureate arrow
$50 long. Aunt Liberty" sweetly
called Diana of the Tower. Some
night when the winds right I'll call
you up again. But, say! You haven't
got such a fierce kick coming about
your job. I've kept pretty good