Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-05-28

with you for a few moments. Say,
first of all let me tell you what I'm
doing. l am sole proprietor of the
Lee. Hop Sing Noodle Emporium.
Now you needn't laugh, for / have
one of the finest business PROPOSE
tions in the state. My speciality is
tea and noodles. Well, &C." | have
MT thing to write. 1t seems that
nothing has happened since left
Ashland. Walter Carpenter and Jay
Withrow stopped off couple OF min
utes to see me yesterday. They were
on their way to preside over the spec
ial meeting Of The Hague Peace Con-
ference, so couldn't stay long. Incl
dentally, they will attend the Made
moiselle la Tetrazzini Mitchell mu-
sical recital at Amsterdam, before
returning to this country. Honestly,
don't think OF a thing on earth
worth hearing. Just yesterday was
talking with Fred Garrett. He is
doing the shot-put for the Irish
American Athletic Club. And do you
know that he is going to Berlin next
year with the American Olympic
team? Well, anyway, he is; and
what l. was going to say was, that
we remarked how dull the times
were-nothing going on at all. Even
Oneita Barnard has disbanded the
comic opera company and is now only
an understudy to Maude Adams. Lu-
cile Barber was with Oneita for one
season, but since the disbandment,
which was last week, she sailed to
the land of Hula Hula as a mission
airy, her main task being to heal ach-
ing hearts. I'll tell you, &C." times
times are mighty poor Our old
friend Kenneth King had to give up
his position as police captain on ac-
count of some political scheme. 1t
is rumored that Vice-President Marie
Martin has something to do with it,
but we have no absolute proof of the
fact. Really l don't know what to
say. If there was something to write
about, 1t would be different, but
there is not a thing.
Yesterday the monotony was brok-
en- somewhat when II. L. Burdic, Jr.,
put in his fair countenance at my es-
tablishment for a few wee morsels
of nourishment. He couldn't stay
long, however, as he had to go back
to work. or course, you know that
he is the general manager of the
Hodgson, Brewer & Cromar Olive
Company. Oh, yes, he is all right.
Well, honestly | must close unless
something turns up to write about
I'll drop you a nice long line. Hope
you get well all at once.
Your friend,
S. A. PETERS.
| will not take any more time as
the hour is getting late, but there is
another one which might prove en-
tertaining from Dot Lennart. She
and Thelma Throne are demonstrate
ing the Edison phonograph in India.
Lee Sing, India, May /, 1915.
Dear &C.: Today is India's Fourth
Of July. The natives are all clad in
their best, and, believe me, it's a gala
day all around. | don't know what
they're trying to celebrate, only they
are going to massacre all the whites
But, my goodness! ! hope not.
oh, yes, was going to tell you
about this place ani about ourselves,
but | got switched off on that native
stuff and almost forgot what in
tended to say. The fact is about all
we see here are natives, and we al
most get to thinking that we are just
real natives ourselves. Oh, we're
just as black as Indians, every bless
ed one OF us. But what's that to do
with my telling you about things?
Only yesterday, Marguerite Brown
and Mildred Applegate passed
through on their way to attend the
United Congress of Cat Farmers
You know this is the Best climate
in the world for raising kitties. The
catnip simply grows wild. 1t seemed
good to see some OF our old friends,
and was as mad as hops when they
had to go. don't see what they
wanted to attend that old thing for,
! anyway.
| don't know whether Thelma and
I are going to do any good here or
not. Yesterday we tried our third
demonstrate nof the Edison-Lennart
Thronola, and, my goodness! those
crazy natives. Well, to begin with,
we had quite a crowd. or course,
they stood around in little lunches,
all ready to run at the least cause.
Thelma started the machine to GO
ing, after she had made little
speech, of course, and all we could
see was dust. tell you it's no use
trying to teach people who are crazy
to begin with. I'm disguised with
this whole place, and DeoDle needn I