Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-06-06

uis "Reminiscences .E Dlsting ulshedi Diners
Charles Dickens Was a Ready speaker
Brought Out tho Prince Of wAies-Dip
ting 5000 Doctors.
"Are you still the city toastmAsterT
"Eo. Igave up my post some tEmeago,
but am the queens hailiff at The cen
trail criminal court, and am ono Of the
oldest servants of the corporation"
"How many dinners have you put
through In your official capacity r
-Four thousand and ninety"
Most of the great speakers you have
heard take something TO keep hhir voice
In trim
well. Disraeli. for instance always
had his butler behind him with bottle
of egg and sherry. which he had ready
mixed. Mr.. Gladstone, | have noticed,
takes sherry. but no egg. The Prince Of
Wales. he likes hook and champagne.
The Duke OF Edinburgh, his ser want, al
ways brings his special brand with him
"a Russian champagne"
ALL THE CROWNED HEADS
Well. Mr. Harker, you have certainly
heard more after dinner speeches than
any man living Will you offer some
criticisms"
well. suppose Charles Die kens was
as ready speaker us ever hea I'd The
words flowed out like stream but he
was not what ! call "a good after dinner
speaker, because he was so interesting
that you wished he would go on forever
Now. that don't do for me. you know.
for have To stand by with the watch.
The stop watch, ehy'
YES. I've stopped Mr.. Glad stone be-
fore today" This in confidential whis-
per.
You don't say So"
"A fact When he IN too lorIg have
spoken into his ear. Tim C, siri time,
and then he Stacks up. With ordinary
men say il To the chair. not TO let the
room hear me, you know. ne yer stop
a man at charity dinner. II doesn't
do"
lis the Prince of Wales gob d speak
err
"A glorious fellow. II had only a
sovereign In tho world and he wanted
IL, he should have ii. Why. brought
him out In '83. and stood behind him
many time and oft. Does he speak
from notes? Not In speaking of himself,
never He has slip of paper To show
the order Of the toasts. that's all
What's his favorite dish? Well. he likes
dainties en- caisse, en- papillot, Ia rks, lob
sters, oysters. He Is very fond Of those.
"Well. now, who are the most famous
people you have attended, Mr. Harker
looked hurt and his fingers fun BLEED irri
tably with his white tie as he proceeded.
"Why, nearly all the crowned heads
In Europe. The queen, To begin with
Then brought out the Prince of Wales
in ls03 and all his brothers and his sons.
the emperor Austria. the late car
and the present car. the late Emperor
Frederick. the Emperor Napoleb n-why,
! remember swearing in the lateemperor
Of the French as q special jufyman at
the Old Bailey when he was nobody
Did he server just like anybody else
He had TO serve by the law of tho land
COACHING THE PRINCESS.
"Then | claim to DO the person who
Grst induced the Princess of Wales to
make speech i'm public as stand
ing behind her, a good many years ago
il was at a charity dinner OF luncheon,
and her speech was going TO be read by
her secretary ventured I'd say; III
your royal highness would only say q
word yourself il would ma ke all the
difference. and she did The Baroness
| Burdett-Coutts, too, induced to speal
when she opened Columbia market"
| well. you heard about your successor
who couldn't pronounce Massachusetts
What Is the most difficult name yol
ever had to tackley'
"The Madagascar ENJOYS They wer'
cautions. Observation-Disclosures. ms neai
n | can remember il" said Mr.. Har
ker Rain and rain and dry again.
as Punch called IL The biggest numbe
think ever did was 5000 foreign doc
tors who dined at the Guilihall. an,
they said didn't make one mistake"
"what preparation had 20 for you
onerous dutiesy"
'In 1874 shipped with Sir John RIOS
for the Antarctic expedition. We win
tered twice in 70 dogs. south. then "
went to China, Australia, Ne y Zealand
Tasmania, getting remounts for the reg
ments engaged in the Indian mutiny.
had joined the commissariat then.
came home in the fifties. and serve
through the Crimean war"
ANY Wounds
"A bullet in my leg, gun carriag
crushed my ribs. and slice pf my chi
cut of with n saber. Pretty tough, eli
! have twenty six medals and orders. an
my collection of autographs Is not to |
beaten. think. for | have 600 cabin,
portraits OF all the famous uten and WI
men for thirty years past, with aut'
graphs attached.
"By the way. what are your feesy'
1.-TWO guineas for a city dinner and &c
glineas II travel.
"And your uniform
"Well. evening dress as often as nc
now. In the good old days | wore
beautiful velvet dress. with knee breech,
and silver decorations, which cost 600
But the city can't spend money like the
used 10 do They are watched by Il
newspapers. Pail Mall Gazette.