Life — November 7, 1901 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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THE STAGE VILLAIN Under the painted canvas tree The wicked villain stands, With blue-black whiskers on his face In coarse and sbiaing strands, And gleaming daggers tensely held In both his sinewy hands. His record's bad, and black, and long, He's nted"’ everywhere. Detectives crack are on bis track, Yet never Ond his latr, Until, just as the curtain falls, They land on bim for fetr. Actin, act out, he maims and slays, And lies, and robs, and steals ; He sneaks along with dagger drawn Bebind the hero's heels, And yet no crime, however foul, His purpose dark reveals, ‘The children coming home from school (A millionatre’s, of course), He gags and binds and carries off Upon a charging horse, And, though they howl, and plead, and wail, He never shows remorse. In fact, he says bat little, save When some deep plan ts spotted, When some bold hero lands the girl For whom the villain tolled. He growis between his close-clenched teeth In awfal accents, “ P-ff-f-folted 1° Me goes on Sunday to the church, And prays both loud and long, And lifts his large and deep bass voice I SEISSORS A NLL In spiritaal song, For playing the church-member dodge Is where he most ts strong. Killing, destroying, embezzling, Through every act he goes, Each moment sees some new-formed plan To add to buman woes. Something attempted, something done, Has fotled is many foes, Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, No longer will we tack The meaus to trace a villain down And catch him tn his track. We'll straight parsue all deep-voiced men Whose whiskers are blue-black | —V. J. Montague, in The Portland Oregonian. THE WAYS OF THE GOLF GIRL. Having had the honor this autumn to visit in a country house near New York at the same time as x golf champion, whose achievements on the links were thrilling the country, I learned many curlous things about athletic damsels and their ways. The young lady in question arrived a week before the tournament that was to decide her supremacy, accom- panled by her Engitsh trainer, a masseuse, and incidentally by her mamma, a feebie-minded lady, so completely demoral- ized by ber daughter's celebrity that she could talk of little else, and would confide, with litte thrilis of pride, to any one she could get to listen to her, how she could not take a ferry-boat or trolley car without being potnied out as the mother of the “champion.” Nothing more cnrions than the habits of the young athlete herself can be imagined. Aftera morning round of the links in company with the coach, she was banded over to her woman keeper, to be douched and rubbed and curry-combed till lunch- con time. The afternoon was passed exercising in & sma fitted up In the bililard-room for her use. After ler di which, by the way, consisted principally of me . welghed by mamma in small scaiea, the girl was ayain rus, and exercised before retiring. Hers was no Idle i*e, yoa 4 As the great day grew near, envoys from th peared on the scene to sketch and snap-shot the « every pose. Sporty gents in loud clothes followed the nen, ig p.ay surreptitiously, tn order that the betting centers mipy be kept {nformed as to her condition, and sent to the payer none too delicate accounts of her “form and gezeral i pearance—famlitarities tt was tmpossible to prevent or as the girl bad for the moment become the property of a, betting pablic, which was putting ts money on her, an « expected to be kept informed as to the chances of succes. The etrain of the last twenty-four hours was dreadtui « the whole household, We talked of little bat the match a “odds.” It was rather a shock, I confess, to discover tbat ce fair Diana (on the verge of & breakdown) was beiog kez» her work by frequent libations of strong “tea,” carried 1 mamma in # flask for the purpose. All minor ills, howere, were forgotten when at noon on the great day our spers woman was brought home, collapsed, bat victorious t felt that glory bad, indeed, been shed upon tbe bore Mamma, on the thin edge of hysterics, where she bad tea] staggering for « week, sobbed out that her only regrei tu} that “Tom” had not Itved to see the day, and that dex “Polly” had always been the Joy and comfort of her Lt ‘AS all the papers published photos and bograptix aketches of the winner, needlessly I add that ber pore adorned most of the railway stations and hote! lobties 3 the country, and that her pet name was on the lips of ery stable boy and bartender in the neighborhood, who ts have won or Jost thelr cash through her prowess. —Eliot Gregory, in The Centers For salo by all Newsdealers in Great Britain. The Inter- 9s Com national Ne 4 England, AGENTS. London, F 7, Bream’s Building, Chancery Lane, ECROPEAN AGENTS—Messrs. Brentano, 37 Avenue de!'Opera, ~~ Established 1823. WILSON WHISKEY. 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