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Show NO STEADY JOB FOR HIM Theophilus Had Good Reason for Giving Giv-ing Up Banjo Playing Threatened Threat-ened With Awful Disaster. A southern man tells of a darky 1 named Theophilus Baxter, known as "the champion banjo player of Ala- bama." - Wishing to afford a northern friend an example of real darky music, a ' Mobile woman went to Baxter's house, ' with a view to enlisting his services ! at a musical function. She found his ' wife instead. ' "Very sorry, missy," said Baxter's 1 spouse, "but Theophilus he ain't play-1 play-1 in' de. banjo any more. He jest puts ' in all bis time flshin' now." 1 "What led him to give up his playing?" play-ing?" asked the disappointed caller, j "Has he got religion?" J "No, missy, he ain't got religion, but he's done got skeered." j "Scared? Of what?" "Of dat minstrel show, honey. De boss learns dat my ole man kin play, , an' he offers him a stiddy job doin' it. j Yassum, an' it skeered Theophilus so bad dat he quit banjo playin' right j away." Philadelphia Ledger. |