The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, May 13, 1910, Page 7, Image 7
SOCIETY NOTES.
No meetings of either the Euphra
dian or Clariosophic Societies were
held last Saturday night, on account of
the day being the regular spring holi
diay.
The two societies will hold their last
regular meetings for the year on the
coming Saturday night. At this time
the Euphradian Society will inaugur
ate its newly-elected officers.
The representatives of the societies
in outside contests have done unusu
ally well this year and have reflected
great credit upon their societies.
In the Southern B. D. Carter made
an excellent speech, and was ranked
among the best speakers there, while
I. F. Belser, in the S. C. I. 0. A. at
Greenwood, won fourth place in a very
close contest. Both of these gentle
men were able representatives of their
societies and performed their duties in
a most creditable manner.
With the present session, the two
societies end their work for the year.
There are at present 83 men in the
Euphradian and 61 in the Clariosophic
Society. Both societies are in a most
vigorous condition, and are prepared
to do even better work next year than
ever before.
v a BIRD!
QUESTIONS OF A CORONER.
Who is dead? The Merry Widow.
How old was she? Ninety and
Nine.
How did she die? The Easiest
Way.
Where did she die? Forty-five
Minutes from Broadway.
When did she die? At the Witch
ing Hour.
What made her linger? Fighting
Hope.
Who found her first. The Servant
in the House.
Who got her jewels? The Thief.
What did the news spread like?
Wildfire.
Did she leave any family? Yes.
Three Twins.
Who came from Europe to attend
her funeral? Miss Hook of Holland.
How was the news sent? Via Wire
less.
Who spread the news? The Trav
eling Salesman.
Were there any well known people
there? Yes. The Yankee Prince.
Who prayed for her? Salvation
Nell.
Where was she buried? Fifty
Miles from Boston.
What military company acted as
pall-bearers? The Boys of Co. B.
Who assisted in lifting the coffin?
Samson.
Who furnished the music? The
Music Master.
Was the undertaker paid ? Yes.
Paid in Full.
What did they pay him with?
Brewster's Millions.
What was it? The Talk of the
Town.
Where did she go to? The Devil.
Poetry Made Practical.
(With apologies to the "poets.")
Tell me not in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream;
Nightly, ere you seek your slumbers,
Rub your face with camphor cream.
Lady -Clara Vere de Vere,
Of me you shall not win renown
Unless you wear Supernal Shoes,
The finest made in all the town.
I met a little cottage girl,
'She was eight years old, she said,
With cheeks like rose and teeth like
pearl,
On Foolem's Food been, bred!
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble
strife,
'Tis possible, at last, for you to stray
Along the cool sequestered vale of life,
So get a Mammon Motor Car today.
Lives of great men all remind- us,
We can make our lives sublime;
So, whene'er you chew tobacco,
Get Eureka 'for a dime.
You must wake and call me early.
Call me early, mther, dear,
Tomorrow'll be the happiest time
Of all the glad New Year
Of all the glad New Year, mother,
The maddest, merriest day,
I'll get a Seraphina
Pianola for to play.
-Life for April, 7, 1910.
E E D.
SAM4 OLD SToRY.
"How shall I break the news to my
,parents that I have failed in my ex
ais ?"
"Merely telegraph them, 'Examina
tions over. Nothing new!'"
* * *
Friend: "So your's was a case of
love at first sight?"
Mrs. Getthere: "Yes. Indeed, I
fell desperately in love with my dear
husband the moment I set eyes upon
him. I remember it as distinctly as if
it were yesterday. I was walking with
papa on the beach at Long Branch,
when suddenly papa stopped, and,
pointing him out, said, "There, my
dear, is a man worth ten millions."
An old gentleman of eighty-four
having taken to the altar a young
damsel of sixteen, the clergyman said
to him:
"You will find the font at the oppo
site end of the church."
"What (do I want with the font ?"
asked the old gentleman.
"I beg your pardon," said the cleri
cal wit. "I thought you had brought
this child to be christened."
* * *
"What do you mean, you rescal ?"
exclaimed an individual to an impu
dent youth that had seized him by the
nose in the street.
"Oh, nothing; only I am going to
seek my fortune, and father told me to
be sure to seize hold of the first thing
that turned uip."
The oysters have a college yell
To dislocate the jaw,
Each oyster opens up its shell,
And hollers, "raw, raw, raw !"
English Translation of "Chanteoler."
Announcement has just been made
by Hampton's Magazine that Edmond
Rostand has chosen this publication
as the one to print the English trans
lation of "Chantecler." The .transla
tor is Miss Gertrude Hall, who did
such excellent work with Cyrano de
Bergerac and L'Aiglon, Rostand's
famous historical dramas.
"Chantecler," according to the
critics, is, the one literary sensation
thus far of the twentieth century. It
is not only an ingenious and striking
drama; it is an exquisitely wrought
lyrical poem. Its position in the an
nals of the theatre is unique. As is
usual with French sensations, "Chan
tecler" has been tremendously adver
tised-perhaps the most advertised
piece of literary composition ever
written. Long before its premiere it
was being talked about in literary cir
cles all over France, Germiany, Eng
land and America.
Its production at once placed upon
the market an amazing array of
"Chantecler" styles in millinery and
various nicknacks and trinkets of
fashion.
Huge prices have been paid to Ed
mond Rostand for his work. In all it
has been figured that he will make five
hundred thousand dollars on it. Seats
for the opening performance in the
Theatre Porte Ste. Martin sold for as
high as $40 each.
Photographs of the original French
production of the play are selling for
as high as $20 a piece. In fact, there
seems to be a perfect orgy of money in
connection with this latest Rostand
tour de force.
L'Ilhustration, the great French
weekly, it is said, paid Monsieur Rost
and thirty thousand dollars for serial
rights. Hampton's also paid an ex
tremely high price for its reproduction
in English, inasmuch as Monsieur
Rostand granted the editors the sole
rights to serialize his play in this lan
guage. It will appear exclusively in
Hamiton's, beginning in the June
number. The piece is composed of
four acts and will be published during
June, July, August and September.
The editors announce that the June
cover of the magazine will consist of
the striking figure of a red rooster
crowing at dawn-thus epitomizing
the main theme of "Chantecler."
As soon as Hampton's has serialized
the work it will be issued next fall in
book form, and Mr. Charles Frohman
also promises to produce it on Broad
way next winter, presumably affording
Miss Maude Adams a vehicle.
All this news will be of great inter
est to literary people in the United
States and especially students of
poetry in the drama.
Miss Hall, the translater, is the
daughter of a famous singer of a de
cade ago, Madam Edna Hall--and the
sister of Miss Marguerite H-all, tahe
well known soprano. Another sister,
Grace Hall, is well known in the maga
zine world as a writer of short stories.
Born in Boston 'the three sisters were
educated in Florence and- a great part
of their life has been spent in Italy.
In addition to the three plays of
Rostand Miss Hall has made a notable
translation of the poems of Paul Ver
laine.
The editors of Han.pton's are 'to be
felicitated on their enterprise in ecur
ing the exclusive publication of
"Chantecler." It certainly will make
charming reading for the summer
months.
"Life's" College Contest.
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made in Life:
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for the cleverest article, suited to
Life's uses, on each college and its
life.
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For all manuscript which do not
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York.
Trying His Patience.
When a button rolls under the bureau
The search is a wneful affair;
And the humorous weekly describes it
but meekly
In saying the hunter will swear,
But what is that limited anger?
The impotent rage of a cub!
I only grow what you could really call
hot
When the soap slips under the tub.
-New York Mail.
C.esar sic dicat in di cur egressi
lictum.
Freshman translation: Cosar sicked
the cat on the cur. I guess he licked
him.
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