Show gossip about mark twain jw york aar star I 1 saw mark twain it and nd elsie leslie walking down broadi broadway ray the other afternoon and they attracted a great deal of attention sin since ce the production of hia his piece the princeann prince and the pauper at the broadway theater twain has b been een a very happy man As he told an audience a few nights ago it has been his art gnat at object to have the book dramatized I 1 met him at a an u uptown hotel and I 1 never knew biro him to be in a happier mood save on one occasion that was at new port one summer several years ago he had bad a very gay time and a very gay bathing suit he ile caused a sensation that season by his hi bathing suit it was the most gorgeous af fair probably ever seen at a watering place josephs coat of many mady colors could not compare 16 1 with 6 it 1 1 the author had his wife and little boy with him that season and the bringing up of his son wai wm a source of great worriment to him the boy waa was a full blooded little chap high spirited and prone to pranks his ilia father believed in severe treatment when occasion required but the lads mother would never listen to it the author and hia his wife had many animated talks over their son but it was no use mark alark was not allowed to administer hynish pun nh ment of any sort to his offspring pring one morning I 1 met him on the hotel piazza p promenading erml e 1 dl 11 up and down and laughing ad tafou though gh his heart would break what is the matter I 1 asked 0 00 0 he said in his quaint way she has gone and done it then he laughed louder than ever he ile me that his wife had bad risen that morning and discovered that her son had bad taken a dres dress and after tearing it into shreds had utilized it as a kite tail and for the first time in his life that boy of mine said he be was given a spank spanking irig he ile got the worst spanking that I 1 ever saw a boy get |