Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-10-01

roof garden under me. You'll hear
that la. Ia. Ia ut the Cafe Mccain
now, along with 'garSong The bo-
hemian crowd there have become tired
Of gurSoag' since O'Ratferty. the head
waiter, punched three of them for
calling him it oh, no; the towns
strickly on the bum these nights. Ev-
erybody's away. Saw downtown
merchant on roof garden this even
ing with his stenographer. Show was
so dull he Went to sleep \ waiter
biting on dime tip to see if it was
good halfwoke him up He looks around
and sees his little pothooks perpetra-
tor. Him.! says he. Will you take a
letter, Miss De st. MouIinorency%
Sure, in a minute says she. IL you'll
make it an n
That was the best thing happened
on the roof SO you see how dull it is.
La, Ia. la
IT'S fine We have it up there in So
ciety. Miss Diana. Ye have the cat
show and the horse show and the mil.
itary tournaments where the privateS
look grand as generals and the generals
try to look grand rs toorwalkers. And
We have the Sportsmen's show. where
the girl that measures So, 10. 45 cooks
breakfast food in a birch bark wig
wan on the banks of the Grand caual
of Venice conducted by one of the
NanderbiltS Bernard McFaddcn. and
the Reverends Dowip and DuSS And
We have the French bail. where the
original CohenS and the Robert Emmett
Sangerbund society dance the high
land fling one with another. And We
have the grand O'Ryan ball. which is
the most beautiful pageant in the
world. whore the French students vie
with the Tyrolean warbIerS IN dom
the cakewalk Ye have the best Job
for a statue in the whole town. Miss
Diana. ="
IT'S Weary work" sighed the is
land statue. 'diSSeminatin' the science
of liberty in New York bay. Sometimes
when | take a peep down ut Ellis is
land and see the gang of immigrants
I'm supposed to light up. tits tempt
ed am to blow out the gas and let the
coroner write out their naturalization
papers"
Say, it's shame, ain't it, to give
you the worst end of it?" came the
sympathetic antiphony of the steeple-
chase goddess lit 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 scup-
tor guys ought to be held for damages
for putting iron or marble clothes on n
lady. That's where Mr.. St Gaudens
was wise. I'm always little ahead of
the styles, but they're coming my way
pretty fast. Excuse my back a mo-
ment l caught a puff of wind from
the north. Shouldn't wonder if things
had loosened up in Esopus, There,
now. It's in the west. What were
you saying. Mrs. Liberty?''
"A fine chat I've had with We, Miss
Diana. ma'am, but l see one of them
European steamers a-Sailin up the
Narrows, and | must be attendin' to
ne uulleS LIS me JOD 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 We
can come to for $3.50. and the doctor
waitin' to send We back home free If
he sees yer eyes red from cryin' for it."
The golden statue veered in the
changing breeze, menacing many points
on the horizon with its aureate arrow
80 long, Aunt Liberty" sweetly
night when the winds right I'll call
you up again. But, say! You haven't
got such n fierce kick coming about