Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1911 — Triumphs of Bong. [ARTICLE]

Triumphs of Bong.

Twas in . the commercial room at a hotel, and as usual, the “gentlemen of the road" were boasting one against the other. Presently they got round to the subject of singing. ■ “Aw, now!" said one, “talking oi singing reminds me of my early triumphs on the concert stage. I had a voice then, and could always move an "audience. I remember when I sang ‘Rocked in the Cradle of the Deeii’ in so realistic a manner that several of my audience were attacked with sea-sickness." “Bah,” said Boaster No. 2, "that’s nothing. Why, I once sang ‘The Dast Post’ with such fervor that several of my absent-minded friends, seated in front, starting licking their programs, and then rushed out to post them." Silence then reigned, supreme.— Ideas.