New-York tribune., 1921-03-06

cess don't so to her head, and she
don't never get no attacks Of this
here complaint which they calls
temperament. Give her ton Of hay
and ono sack of peanuts day, and
she's just as placid as a great gross
Of guinea pigs.
when the time comes for Emily
to do her turn she just goes am
bling on behind Windy and cuts up
more didoes than any trick mule
ever lived. She smokes a pipe, and
she toots on brass horn, and waits
on table while Windy pretends to
eat, and stands on her head. and
plays baseball with him and 50 forth
and 50 on, for fifteen minutes, wind
Ing up by waving the Amurikin flag
over her head. But all this time
she's keeping one eye on me, whore
I'm standing in the wings with a
sack Of peanuts in my pocket wait
ing for her to come off. Every time
she works over toward my side of
the stage she makes little hoydsn-
ish remarks to me in her native
language. It amt long until l can
make out everything she says. I'vs
been peddlfns the bull too lous no&
to be able 10 understand e whan
spoke by . native.
For upwards Of two months
things goes along just beautiful.
Then we strikes a town out In ILL.,
nois where business amt what IL
used to be. IL inded it ever wan.
Along about tho middle Of tho week
the young fellow that's doing tho
press work for tho house comes TO
me and asks ME II I amt got hn idea
In my system that might make a
GOOD press stunt.
There's an inspiration comes to
me and | suggests to him that may
be he might go ahead and make an
announcement that following the
Saturday matinee Emily the plu-
perfect, Ponderous, Pachyder,nical
Performer, direct from the court of
the reigning Roger Of 6imla County.
India, will hold a reception on the
stage to meet her little friends, each
and every one Of whom will be ex-
pected to bring her q bag of
peanuts.
THAT listens all right, says this
lad, providing she likes peanuts.'
Providing she likes 'em?' u
Gays. Son. says, If that bull ever
has to take the cure for the drug
habit it'll be on account OF peanuts.
Why says, 'Emily's middle name
Is Peanuts
1.WELL, that convinces him and
he hurries off to write his
sittle piece about Enily's peanut
reception. The next day, which is
Friday, the announcement is in both
the papers. Saturday, after lunch,
when I strolls round to the show
shop for the matinee see things are
happening. The street in front is
lined on both sides with dagos with
peanut stands selling peanuts to the
population as fast as they can pass
'em out; and there's q long line,
mainly kids, at the box Office. II
goes on in and takes flash at the
front of the house through the
peephole in the curtain and the
place Is already jam full. If there's
one kid out there, there's thou
sand, and every tiny tot has got
sack of peanuts clutched in his or
her chubby fist, as the case may be. |
And say. listen; there's smell in
the air like a prairie fire running
through a Georgia goober kings
plantation.
II goes to where Emily is hitched
and she'A weaving to and fro on her
legs and watering at the mouth.
She's done smelt that smell, too.
Honey gal,' says to her, 1T
shore looks to me like you're due to
get your fullupances Of the succu-
lential ground pea of the Sunny
this dav,
"All through her turn abe dribbles |
from the chin like a defective fire
hydrant, and can tell that she ain't |