a drunken man's unsteady, zig-zag gait. And by the way, I am a 

 teetotlar. I don't like any kind of liquor and when I see how silly 

 and cruel some very good people are when drinking I thank my 

 lucky stars that I never touched strong drink. In fact I hate 

 strong drink because it has made cruel, brute masters cause more 

 animals to suffer than I could tell you. 



I was taught to do many clever things, and I went through the 

 streets of nearly every European capital drawing my Master and 1 

 was free of rein or bridle. It astonished the people and they came 

 by thousands to see me at the theatre and filled every seat and 

 others stood up and filled all the vacant space. I couldn't under- 

 stand why so many very royal people were so wildly enthusiastic 

 about me and paid so raluch money to see me. But Master was 

 tickled almost to death and I was glad because he seemed so 

 pleased about it. In this connection I wish to show you a photo- 

 graph of one crowd that came to pay their respects to me. All 

 the other pictures are very similar and merely repetitions of my 

 victorious conquest of Europe. I shall never forget my first intro- 

 duction to Sara Bernhardt. They told me she was a great actress 

 and that I was to give a special performance for her benefit. 

 There were many prominent Parisian journalists and theatrical 

 managers present. I was a little nervous, but I did my best. I 

 knew by the applause that I was making a "hit," or "bringing down 

 the house," as my Master says. As I was bowing in conclusion 



the "Divine Sara" 

 came to me quickly, 

 threw her arms 

 around my neck, and 

 said in French, 

 which was interpret- 

 ed for me later, 

 "Trixie, you have 

 divine genius. If all 

 my support had pro- 

 portionate ability I 

 could sway the 

 world." 



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