Show LIGHTS OF NEW YORK WALTER i TRUMBULL it wits alien rudolph hafl now of t new yorks westbury Wesl bury ran the trl 11 anon non palace at versailles that hint there a short man with a pointed r reddish ed sit heart heard ond and a head ris as tree rree from bair as a large pink pearl adjacent to his toman nose a monocle nestled in his left eje the visitor nas mis cabri ele cle dannunzio italian novelist play wright poet rind patriot and lie he said be was looking for quiet A suite which looked out upon flat country veiled by autumn to fog satisfied him all he wanted then was the largest writing table which could he be procured a reading lamp a stand to hold a huge bowl of water containing a solitary goldfish a daily vase of froeli aroi h ll lowers and some light bulbs births of red green blue rind and yellow 1 I like he explained to change the color of my room to in accordance with my moods after the things fill ing he fie requested had ten cen provided he be went to voik arid and rote krote ills his first play in french erse or ida the famous fills stan sian whose beauty and dancing per h ps exceeded her acting and french pronunciation the play concerned the martyrdom of st sebastian and ida appeared in trie the title role wilh wih scanty raiment to protect her from the arrows after the lie play was produced dannunzio went some where lc in tin pyrenees Pyre nees before leaving versailles he commended his lone ly goldfish to the care of mrs bischoff Bl begging he to have the bowl removed to her own apartment but it became evident nt that the mind of at the fish fancier was not at ease A week after his departure mr ula bill choff received a telegram it said that dial dannunzio had a presentment that lint the fish was dying and asked ached for a report on oil its hea health I 1 th mr llis I 1 i choff went to see the goldfish found it in excellent health and spirits and wired to that effect twenty minutes later he received a summons fi from our his wife lie found her in a state of agitation look inn ing at a flat and motionless goldfish there appeared to he be no explanation but the lie lish fish certainly was dead mr air il calmed his wife disposed of the file fish I 1 the most convenient man ner der and sent another wire containing the sad news and its his condolences back came another telegram from dannunzio it thanked mr air bischoff for his sympathy and asked him to bury the goldfish in the garden this was a tall order as the fish was now beyond recall mr bischoff told his troubles to his head waiter nn an italian named Ga Galun hinni nl a large man with a sense of humor said that all would be well he secured a large sardine from the diet wrapped it in cotton put it in a box and burled buried it in the garden above it was placed a marker bearing the somewhat inaccurate statement that this was the resting place of the pet goldfish ot of gabriele dannunzio two weeks la ter ler dannunzio returned and asked to be shown the grave lie he read the in script lon and was satisfied e in some nays ays this Is reminiscent of the manhattan man and the canary bird to which his bis wife was extremely attached when it expired of old age she packed it in a box find and insisted that dial her husband yo go out and bury it 11 its his idea was to toss the box in a g gar r bage can but every time he started to carry out that idea lie fie in log lined that passersby were viewing him with deep suspicion lie eie knew that their suspicion would be even deeper if they saw him trying to bury something in a va it lot such lots in new bork york resident districts being few and usually flanked by windows so he walked out on the bridge started to throw the box into the east river and was seized by nn an alert policeman lice ninn lie he returned home minus midus the canary but with a state of mind which taste lasted for 8 week when police inspector staff matt me MC grath left county tipperary his ma male parent was much prejudiced prejudice against nil all forms of athletics shih he de scribed ascribed as wasteful eind and exhausting non nonsense gense but when matt mail lIc Grath won the olympic hammer throw and returned to visit its his irish horne home the old man drew W him aside you must know he said that you take after your fathers family 11 0 A fashion editor assures me that bathing suits will be sc scantier antler this season than they were last if they are any sc scantier antler than some I 1 saw W the girls will be able to rinse them in a thimble A number of new york financial in would like to get out of the moving picture business bin bill are in the situation of the hunter who climbed the tree after the bear caught it and besought his companions to come up and help him let go 0 1833 1933 bell sindi vindicate sindicate cate service |