Coalville Times | 1901-02-22 | Page 5 | Rether Hard on the Singer

ItATHER IIAPffirl THE SINGEK. 9fWi When Mmo. llama Kamcs, the famous fa-mous opera singer, was making a western west-ern tour rocently the consented to sing at a church festival In aid of tho cathedral ca-thedral of a certain prominent city. The church authorities decided to charge an admission fee to the catho-" dral to all who wished to hear the great singer. Most people paid willingly, willing-ly, but ono person demanded admission admis-sion on tho ground that ho should not be eaargod for xolug Into a public placo of worship. "Do you mean to tell me," he argued with the doorkeeper, doorkeep-er, "that I shall require a ticket to cuter cu-ter the kingdom ot heaven!" "Well, no," explained the ticket seller sell-er suavely, "but then you won't hear Mmo. Eames In heaven." Then when the enormity of bis remark dawned upon him the ticket seller turned and flod.