Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-24

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MEETING THE GREAT EBKR
tree for me this year by Russell Sage.
and yet Is twenty-three years OF age.
good comedian and pleasing after din
ner speaker.
He has the air, though. Of q successful
actor. and the amount OF dignity he has
considering the small place he has TO
drape il over makes me laugh, for am
a great hand TO notice things that make
q deep impression on me.
He did not seem To unbend, thought,
SO much as he ought, considering that
crowned heads have rested on this bos-
ON. such as it ia. and that dynasties
have staid all nigh. at our house.
After | had gone the owner OF the
theater said 10 him reproachfully:
THAT was Mr.. Nye, the great Amer
lean humorous writer, Mr.. Eber. Did
you understand the name fully when l
introduced your
Yes" said Mr.. Eber. with . rising
infection. as he sat down on the chin
ney Of footlight. al ting haf heered
OF him"
do not say this to hurt Eber, for he
Is too great man to be hurt by news
paper criticism. but why in heavens
name cannot people Of prominence get
along smoothly together? l think we
should stand by each other. Ten years
ago ret lie two beaded girl for the
first time. and wnile the meeting was
nos c..asiye, il was cordial. have also
met tea Prince OF Wales and Sitting
Bull. and there WIS no GOODNESS, no pro-
fessional jealousy between us.
also once met Joseph Cook, who was
on his way to his regular work repair
ing and editing some of the works Of
God. and even he was kindly and Al
most sweet TO me.
SO | say that people Of prominence
should play into one another's hands.
"reminiscences OF Senator Plumb are
so plenty since his death that venture
to cali up one Of the incidents of his
early experience. We had been running
around over the Capitol, looking at
whatever was curious in the way of
memoranda sent in to congress by the
presidents. like appointments. etc.-some
in pencil on MANILA paper containing a
whole cabinet perhaps. but as informal
as list of vegetables for your cook to
order for over Sunday; then others
would be stiff and formal. like George
Washington engaged in taking the thirty
third degree in Masonry. We had looked
over and commented on all these things,
snapped bon mots with Senator ingalls,,
greatly to our own advantage. for Sena-
tor Plumb was never remarkable for
his repartee. and as . bright and ready
bon motter could never make wages,
being slow of thought and possessing
rather profound mind-not of course
the profundity noticed in fresh, young,
newly matriculated asshood, but n depth
which is slowly stirred. Swallowed over
with an earnest gloom
We then went up into the gallery and
for an hour or two forgot our swn great
ness: the senate chamber faded away
on the drowsy. buzzing wings Of the
motion to refer 10 tho committee on
rules. the hot. Turkish bath air which
il used to sprout the senatorial thought
lulled Us to half fergetfulness and
hushed the pop Of the committees re-
port For the time we were back again
/ in the far west. with widening miles be-
/ tween US and the chaste refinement of
Senator Hoar: with billowing, breezy
states between Us and the classic His
cock. the deep. appealing ayes Of Came
ron and the Roman noes Of Edmunds;
we were agsin sitting astride the waspy
esyuse or returning hsrsledly to camp.
where kind hands again pulled out the
arrow Of the savage and told rs how the
/ place looked 20 one who could get
around there and see for himself How
kind hands coFid tell this TO one leave
the ready aud versstils reader 10 figure
cut.
I'VE used to make our writing ink in
the early days where lived" said Mr..
/ rl1mh. of maple lark. which was
( boiled down til i was little redder
/ tnan umbrella juice and little thicker
than stump water.
ii looked badly. but IL was . psri
compared 20 the wav IL smslled n
-nellsl lsc he .lsiac, e. lev tids
/ New t0t& HHttf - - Jf,rAiisk u v - SUI
way on . h<t day shovs greas posssbili-
ties. hns il cannot ret 10 the little trills
and tarobs II msa<ly ssS antique stencil
that this homemade and f.rmented ink
did
Once went over ~ Try case before
poor whit. Justice Of th> peace owe,
thirty niles away he va plain. an.
eiaeatei man. who n>sd hts tongue in
writing and hrssshed heavily, Ike 4
msish srftle. while thiukinx-
Opposed - me ss c1sssel wac rnsf
who bad been admitted % The bar.
has rof. Pc Wa r.e@r penspous. kna
hate'l 81 Try = esse before coantry iu-
ti.e, est he had 70 a. tt he vss hol
and rress. saA ~hiie he go making b.
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