Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
:. LEAVES FROM A LECTURERS NOTEBOOK
THE inimitable and forever
to be lamented Gilbert, in

to be lamented Gilbert Il W.
of his delightful songs A
in Pnafore, bade to re-
member that 80
Things are seldom what they SEEM :, a.
Skim-rik masquerades In -
Highlows pass patent-leathers; /PsXiElM
Jackdaws strut in peacock feathers. Gl#HS' d9ST
The good woman who sang this EsF& ~esF j
song-Ettle Buttercup they called LSZif A$SgsT u
her-was in pessi1nistic mood at tMsssssaSIE i
the moment for had she not been SaIs MfSs ~
so she would have reversed the JiHSfslyS3 Il.
sentiment, showing with equal /5es3 Sssls
truth how sometimes IlHa9 NgsNSsej
querades skim milk and how HsFFJsE9t
underneath the and tear of HET@3M5Exa8
time what outwardly appears to be &s9 MEyb
"high low" still possesses Of MEAREF$
the glorious polish Of the "patent AWlk
leather" Everywhere l travel l ~#A5
find something of this latter truth; NtR
but never was it more clearly demon T%S
strated than when one of my ~
Western jaunts unexpec- E{sss
tedly upon almost overwhem- ~
ing revelation of a finely poetic
nature under apparently rough
and unprornsng exterior
1t happened on trip in Arizona back in 1906 My
train after passing Yuma held up for several hours
Ordinarily should have found this distressing; but,
the proved, it brought to of the most
delightfully."- instructive experiences have yet had in
the pursui. of my platform labors. AS the express
stood waiting for another much belated train from the
East to pass, the door of the ordinary day coach-n
which had chosen to while away the tedium of the
morning. largely because it fastened to the end of
the train, whence could wonderful view of
the surrounding country-was opened, and ap-
parenty in the last stages of poverty entered the
He was an oldish man, past sixty, should say, and
glance him caused my mind instinctively
certain descriptions had heard of the sad condi-
ton of the downtrodden Westerner concerning whose
unhappy lot friends the Populists used to tell
much He looked very poor and SO irremedia-
bly, miserable that he excited my sympathy. Upon his
back there lay loosely the terusted and threadbare
remnant of what had in the days of its pride and
freshness been frock coat buttoness spotted and
rnging at the edges. His trousers matched His neck
colaress, faded blue polka-doted handkerchief
serving as both collar and tie. His hat suggested
service wars and his feet bound there
for their greater security with ordinary twine the
uppers and perforated part of the soles of onetime
pair of congress CATERS AS for his face-well, it
brought wildly to mind the lines of Spenser-
His rawbone cheekes. through penure and pine
Were shronke into his jawes as he did never dyne
THE old fellow shambled feebly to the seat adjoining
myown, gazing pensivelyout of the window for few
moments, and then turning fixed pair of penetrating
blue eyes upon @Pretty tiresome waiting, he
tured voice altogether certain in its PITCH as if
he had not had much chance to it latterly.
very said l careessly. @But suppose we've got
to get used to this sort of thing"
Il suppose So" he agreed; @but just the same for
man in your business l should think it would be some
thing awful Don't it get your nerves.
what do you know about my business?7 1 asked
my curiosity aroused.
"Oh,' he laughed, u know who you l read one
of your books I've forgotten what it about
but it had your picture in the front of it, and knew
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