| Show A DUDE discomfited MISS ANNA WARREN STORYS AMUSING IN A FIFTH AVEN PARLOR mis anna warren story the accomplished elocutionist is a handsom hand tom soul woman the perfect reproduction ol of the ideal classical female during lent she ahe gave recitations in private parlors A young dude became in f actuated with her several months ago and was devoted in ghisu his tensions tent ions 11 he conceived the brilliant idea of recite reciting with the lady of his liL heart lart the result 0 of f it airway all was that a catastrophe happened which miss story related to a maiorand Mail rand express reporter yesterday he was the ambitious sou son of a very ve arx indulgent murray hui hill millionaire she said 1 I could not prevent his attending te the receptions where I 1 recited he brought flowers and really knew when I 1 recited well or not but that little knowledge he had of elocution made his bis egotism olympian and to hear bear him talk a stranger would imagine that he could coach booth and mary anderson andersen it was pleasant to listen to his bis discourse interjected with many english mont dont you knows because he be usually wound baem up u p by declaring that I 1 only need ed afew e w pointers daily from f rom him to t 0 become great one day in an evil moment ile he confessed to m me that he was studying elocution had a regular delsarte professor and when the latter was not teaching him he be was gratuity bously dividing his bis knowledge with his preceptor I 1 suggested that he recite something which he did with success he then proposed that at my next parlor entertainment we would recite a scene f from rom a society play he be taking the martof part of a lover I 1 con aenied now lie he was somewhat stout siad and wore trousers that appeared to be upon him that fatal evening came the parlors were crowded with guests after several recitations our turn arrived when we walked out I 1 coulden couldn 9 t but notice how close his trousers seemed to lit fit the light and airy dialogue began both of us standing I 1 dropped my handkerchief and started to cross to the right he rushed over bent down suddenly to get it when a tearing sound was heard beard there was a round rouda of applause and laughter but the trousers ohl where were they ask of that dude he is now in bincolo colo rado wanting to buy a sheep tanch ranch I 1 |
