To my loyal friend
Mark Twain
From his little friend
Elsie Leslie Lyde.
[Not Little Lord Fauntleroy now, but Tom Canty of Offal Court and Little Edward of Wales.][[2]]
[1]. William Gillette, the distinguished actor and playwright.
[2]. Elsie Leslie, then a little girl, played Little Lord Fauntleroy and the double part of Tom Canty and the Little Prince, with great success.
AIX, THE PARADISE OF THE
RHEUMATICS
(Contributed to the New York Sun, 1891)
Aix-les-Bains. Certainly this is an enchanting place. It is a strong word, but I think the facts justify it. True, there is a rabble of nobilities, big and little, here all the time, and often a king or two; but as these behave quite nicely and also keep mainly to themselves, they are little or no annoyance. And then a king makes the best advertisement there is, and the cheapest. All he costs is a reception at the station by the mayor and the police in their Sunday uniforms, shop-front decorations along the route from station to hotel, brass band at the hotel, fireworks in the evening, free bath in the morning. This is the whole expense; and in return for it he goes away from here with the broad of his back metaphorically stenciled over with display ads., which shout to all nations of the world, assisted by the telegraph: