Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1912 — BOSTON CHILD KEPT DIGNITY [ARTICLE]

BOSTON CHILD KEPT DIGNITY

.-•Micron Meant to Be Kindly, v But Youngster Was Not CJonvisPlA tlonally Inclined. «„ This story has been going the rounds of Boston about the ten-year-old son of Director Russell of the Boston opera house. Une evening during an entr’acte at the opera house Master Rusesll was promenading alone in the foyer, in faultlessly evening dress —a very glass of fashion. A Boston matron, seeing that he was lonely, -began to make herself "agreeable." “You are Direotor Russell’s little boy, aren’t you?” she asked, with patronizing BweetnessT Master Russell resented this intrusion on his dignity, but his courtly manners were unruffled. “Yes, madam,’’ he replied, with an elaborate bow. "WherewefeTouborn?” “In France, madam” —slightly more frigid. “What part?” continued the lady, feeling the conversation well started. “All of me, madam.” / And he bowed and walked away.— Judge.