Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1901 — RATHER HARD ON THE SINGER. [ARTICLE]

RATHER HARD ON THE SINGER.

When Mme. Emma Eames, the famous opera singer, was making a western tour recently she consented to sing at a church festival in aid of the cathedral of a certain prominent city. The church authorities decided to charge an admission fee to the cathedral to all who wished to hear the great singer. Most people paid willingly, but one person demanded admission on the ground that he should not be charged for going into a public place of worship. "Do you mean to tell me/’ he argued with the doorkeeper, “that I shall require a ticket to enter the kingdom of heaven?” “Well, no,” explained the ticket seller suavely, "but then you won’t hear Mme. Eames in heaven.” Then when the enormity of his remark dawned upon him the ticket Miler turned and Aed.