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Show A NOT UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE. Iw There lies ll , Who Itnuw Hie Vtor.L r Our Msllonsl Airs. From the Wathlngton Post There wa a meeting of a certain women'a aoclety a night or two ago, and patriotic patri-otic cnthualasm ran high. Tbe spirit of music awoko In omelody' breast, and that somebody began to alng thai most umlngable of national aln, the "Star Spangled Ilanncr." It went bravely brave-ly along for the flrat Terre, with only a crack or two on tho "rocket's red glare." Tbe leading spirit begin tbo f sccoud vene. Bomo of the womou ! sang "tra-la-la-ll," nnd tome "dum- 1 dee-dre-dee." but they all camo out j atrong on the refrain. Then there was I a pause, "(lo on," aald somebody. Tin leading spirit grew red In tho fare. 1 "How does It begin?" she asked. Everybody Ev-erybody looked nt everybody die, and then everybody blushed, for nobody In all the gathering knew any more of 1 tbe long. |