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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1912)
lsvsssvsssw.v.v.w, ife TheSymphony Now Rmady for Rutin! ihe Diamond Mimnt c. i Mid-Summer Goods . It wna amateur night at tho Gaiety And tho house was pnckcd. Never since tho Itttlo theater had been 'built was there such an audience. The manager was beside hlinoolfj ;,wlth excitement, but the people bo iore tho curtain did not confimo him nnlf as much as th.ose behind. Tho weekly prizes ot $1, $2, and $5 jwero always contested for eagerly by .the people of the Latin quarter, whoso patronage the house solicited, aind more especially this Friday night It seemed. The manager knew iwhy such an unusual number el rbowed and pushed each other In their eagerness to get near tho door. The winners of the coveted dollars would not squander them this week. 'Instead, they would send them direct ly to the homeland, whero relatives and friends were in terror and suf fering. "They can't all go on, Steve," said ,tho manager to his assistant, "we'll .have to thin them out. See what kind of a turn each 'one does and take the best; get tho funniest ev ery time. The people have- cried enough this week they're paying to be amused tonight, so be careful not to get any weeping-willow acta. Hustle up, now! I'll look after the seating. The law allows us to squeezo in 100 more." The assistant hurried behind the scenes and began sorting the per formers. It was no easy task, and many were the threats and curses as one after another was refused a chance to go on. He had almost fin ished his selection when he came to a swarthy little man In the costume of a Sicilian peasant. "Hullo!" Bald the assistant. "What do you do. Speak up?" ! "Me playa de plan," said the little man, moving his Angers over an Imaginary Instrument. "Me playa good. Ye-es." "No pianists," said the assistant, moving on. "People no like. Oet the hook. Understand?" "But me playa nl-ce. Me no getta .da hook. Me maka da plan to talk!" ' "No doubt you can make It walk, but I can't let you try. Next!" Tho little man turned away, mut tering as his. fellows had done, and the curtain went up for the first per 'former. There was something wrong with the audience that night. It was ex tremely critical and hard to .please. The merriest jokes fell flat and the 'cleverest trickster was only faintly ap plauded. "It's funny," Bald the manager as he and his assistant met in the rear of the hall. "What alls them? That last song was well done and mighty catchy. Why don't they clap?" "I don't know," said the other, gloomily. "At the rate they're turn ling 'em down the whole bunch could ,have gone on. What! I told that ifellow to keep off." ' The little man In Sicilian costume was standing in the middle of the stage. He looked a bit of old Italy ;wlth his curly locks and long gold earrings. "I come to play to you of jthe homeland," he said In his native .tongue. "I have the music that can (make you see it as It lies in the sun lllght. It will make you see the sea, ithe olive groves and the clear blue sky. Listen!" The audience grew suddenly still ibb he seated himself at the piano nnd istruck a few Boft chords. Then the inoteB began to weave themselves in 'to a story, and as the musician un tfolded It to his listeners his face .grew rapt and was beautiful. When he stopped, the crowd broke Unto a frenzy of applause. Men sobbed Jand women screamed. , "Wbat'll he do next?" asked the .manager. "The man Is a wizard. That's fine! He's playing the Italian National air. Hurry up, Dowley, and throw the pictures of the king and queen on the screen before they stop singing. The roof'U fall with their noise." , When the lights were turned on (again the excitement had spent itself (a Jlttle, the man who bad caused it all '.was gone. A reporter for one of the .dallies came hurrying up and seized jthe manager by the arm. ' "How'd you get him, Davy?" he asked. "Where is he? I want to In terview him. Quick, before 'he es capes!" 1 "He's gone already," said the man (ager. "I wanted to see blm, too. He's just the man for the place." I The reporter stopped him. "Do you mean to say you don't know who he was?" he cried. "He was Lorenzo, the great composer." "I was thinking some of hiring him at 15 per," he said. The next minute he added thoughtfully: "What do you suppose made him do it? He must .have had reason." Hurrying homeward was the little man In peasant's costume. "Ah! they understood!" he mused. "I knew they could. They loved it for itself alone, not because I, the great Lorenzo, played It. No other but the Italian could have appreciated It as they did. To the English bah It would have had to bo explained in cold worlds so that they might follow. What care I If I get no gold beyond tho beggarly first prize, perhaps? Ap preciation is more than applauEo or money to a man who loves bis art as J love it." Red Cloud, Nebraska . manufacturers et . . . The "Diamond Brand" Hard Winter Wheat Flour Also Graham Flour, Pure Whole Wheat Flour, Corn Meal, Sell-Rising Pancake Flour, &c. The above stock can be fount! at all Red Cloud Grocery St.ores A complete stock of Bran Shorts, Corn Chop, Baled Hay, Alfalfa, &c. Free City Delivery. COOL DRESSES A new line of emb. flouncings 45 ins. wide from . 90c to $2 yd The new advanced styles in heavy work from . . . $1.50 to $2 yd Galoon bandings to match flouncings from 60c. to $1 yd The Diamond Milling Co J Office and Salesroom -Bon Ton Bakery. Phone, Red 60 ( i mV.SSSV.VAV.V.VAV.V.ViVUVSSVyVUlafi r?tn 7l . f- ;w-s.TW CJ Pva, Make Our Store Your Rest Room " during Chautauqua You are Welcome LICENSED UNDERTAKER-NEBRASKA-KANSAS ALL THE FHONE ED. 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Yet mistakes will be made. The brain Is 80 per cent, water, after all. Cowards. New York's hotel men aay that tby couldn't stop their guests from tipping If they tried, and one ot them suggests the reason when be quotes Mr. Dooley'a remark about a maa famous for his millions: "Jawn la th' bravest man In tbl' world. He can troll away from a table . without tlpnln' th' waiter." Boston Globe. ft ft ft ft ft m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m i m 0 SPECIAL SALE! Commencing Monday July 22 And Ending Saturday, July 27 On Two Inch Continuous Posts BBSBBBBBBBBBBBBaaBh .gfcLJ M H L m avemaajav mm m Martin Beds See display in our Windows m Special Price on this bed during this sale at only v. . . Absolutely the lowest price ever made on this bed A. E. 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