Show The Keligious Editors Spree Youre looking pretty fresh this morning observed the managing editor as the religious editor strolled into the sanctum and put his foot up on the desk to tie his shoeDont Dont feel very good growled the religious editor I got off with some of the boys last night and we had a racket j now you hear me shoutWho Who was the party inquired the managing editor enviously IA lot of clergymen were showing show-ing a stranger around replied the religious editor stretching out full length We went from one church to another to see how the prayer meetings were getting on and then we called on several old fellows who were too superannuated to get around with us They all set em up Set up what demanded the managing editor rather startled Lemonade and biscuits and doughnuts continued the religious editor By that time it was nine oclock and all hands were getting excited and somebody said he knew a man who had cider in his cellar After we had downed a quart or two of that we began to get reckless So we went to the house of one of the brethren and sang hymns till halfpast ten I got a notion how things were coming out and wanted to jump the game but they wouldnt have it and the most hilarious man in the crowd said if we would come around to his house he would cut a pie That made em all fairly wild and away we we went After the pie we had some more hymns and finally to wind up the whole business I sent out and bought a watermelon That busted the racket They got to throwing seeds at each other and they laughed so loud that you could almost hear them in the next room Anything else inquired the managing editor dryly No responded the religious editor edi-tor When we had finished the meljn we all went home but you bet some of those dommies have got a head on em this morning Brooklyn Eagle |