Life — January 3, 1901 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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I T00K her lily hand In mine, (She Is my bride that ts to be), And slipped upon that hand divine A golden circlet fair to see. She viewed the ruties blushing red With gracious glauces sweet to see. «Tfear no future, dear,” she sald, “The present 1s enough for me.” —Club Fellow. Arone of bis famous little dinners a prominent profes- sional man of Washington was greatly pleased with the |} salad, as were also his guests. Evidently tt was partly meat and partly vegetable, but the favor was new, distinct and |} undeterminable. This was so faint that one guest declared, t's not a taste at all, only a emell.”* At length some one suggested that the chef be asked for |} the recipe, upon which the host remarked : | “My man greatly dislikes being asked for recipes. On this occasion, however, his vanity may overcome him If we Fret him bow greatly we bave enjoyed the dinver, and the salad in particular, Atany rate, we'll see.” The Frenchman soon appeared, ana was visibly affected, J} not to say elated, by the compliments, gif me gret plaisir,” he said, “to tell howl mak’ ze Set ver’ scemple. I baf ze laitue ‘range ready ; a1." Thaf ze meat ebop ver’ fine an’ dry; ze celert I baf chop ver’ fine: an’ I haf ze pomme de terre, ze patate, an’ stan’ a leetle an’ dry; zen | mix zem up. Zen 1 mak’ ze dresseeng mayonnatse ; madaine, she know, I haf all ver’ col’ ready as ze feesh ees serf. Zen as ze sa'-lad ees to serf, I tak’ une Yete dail, pardonnez moi, one leetle cloaf of ze garieek ant neeble him in ze mouth, 0, an’ breathe gentle, ver’ gentle, on ze sal-lad. Zat gif eet ze Naveur del'cat.” — What to Eat. One of the times when Sir Arthor Sallivan condacted In Person was in September, 1882, when the Egyptian War had Just been brought to a successful conclusion by Sir Garnet Wolseley, and it had been announced that he was elevated to the peerage. William’ wart Glaastone, then Premier, with Lord Rosebery and Lord Granville, occupied stalls that night, A few minutes before the overture began Mr. W. H. Seymour, the stage manager, came to me with a note he had Just received from Mr. Gilbert, which read as follows : “Wul you please ask Mr, Browne to sing ‘Skill of “ Lord Wolseley? in Thrashing a Cannttal’ fnstead of + Str Garnet.” Ie has just been created a peer,and the alteration is sure of a round of applause, Yours truly, -W. S. GILBERT. Mr. Sullivan was {n my room when. 1 received the note, which considerably worried me, for the song tn which Gil- bert wanted the Interpolation was of that rapid “ patter”? For sale by all News national News Company, Brea London, ueland, AGENTS. jers in Great Britain. The Inter- "s Building, Chancery Lane, order, which required to be rattled off by instinct, »0 te speak, and did not give much tme for thought. “Why, Browne, let me congratulate you,” said sir Arthur. “For heaven's sake, what for?” T asked. “I shal! trp up In the words, as sufe as fate."* What does {t matter when you have Just been created peer? laughed Mr Sulltvan. Then he read the letter aloug and thoroughly enjoyed what be claimed was a gross i:iper. fection tn Mr. Gilbert's mach-vaunted Engtish compositios. Isang the lines as altered, and a terrific burst of patriotic applause followed. This was lucky fur me, for the Interpotation threw all the succeeding words of the verse ox of my head. The cheering drowned my voice, Sir Artber Kept the band going right along, and the audience never knew that I was singing wholly unintelligible gibberish. — New York Iut Sim Fraxk Lock woop was once engaged in @ case {a which Str Charies Russell (the late Lord Chief Justice of Engtand) was the opposing counsel, Sir Charles was trying to browbeat a witness toto giving a direct anewer, * Yes" ‘o."* You can answer any question yes or no,” declared Sit Charies. “Oh, can sou?” retorted Lockwood. * May Lask if so have left off beating your wife t"—Green Bag. EUROPEAN AGENTS—Messrs. Brentano, ‘3D Avenue de l'Opera, Paris, Established 1823. WILSON WHISKEY. That’s All! ‘HE WILSON DISTILLING CO., Baltimore, Md, ‘Works, Camden. 3. J, FSTERBROOKS 130 Varieties, For Sale by all Stationers, THE ESTERBROOK STEEL PEN Cu, 2% x20. STEEL PENS No other make of pen good. Get Esterbrook’s always. w Tork, LIFE'S PICTURE GALLERY. 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