Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-11

dead these ten years. but in his time h,
was one of the most brillian. froelancers
on the New York press. ! knew him we'll,
and a dozen instances of his wit and au.
ncity fit through my mind l write.
One Of them will bear repeating: Philip
was in the habit of writing sketches of one
or two acts for a Broadway theater. man
aged by Josh Hart. He was short of funds
on one occasion, and having the previ Jus
day received an order to write a sketch,
presented himself early at the manage gerial
, office. Hart was expecting him. Unfolding
big roll Of what appeared to be manu-
script, Philip began to read. Hart waI
delighted and rubbed his hands in glee a
the thought OF the money the skit would
bring him. AS the reading proceeded Hart
went into ecstacies over this, TO him,
Philips greatest effort
The reading occupied something over an
hour. At its close Hart wrote for the author
a check for large amount ard then the roll
of manuscript was handed over and Philip
made his exit Then Hart rang for the
stage manager and instructed him to cast
the sketch with the full strength of the
company, at the same time handing him the
manuscript. The stage manager promised TO
comply and withdrew, but returned mo-
mcnt later with the remark that Hart had
made a mistake and instead of a sketch
had given him roll of blank paper On
examination such proved to be the case.
Philip for an hour had entertained Hart
To keep lp the joke he had read" sheet
after sheet without pause or any other in
dcation 70 show that the paper before him
was not manuscript Brilliant? Well, yes,
should say So The moral OF the story, how
ever, leave &c others.
BURCHARD'S BREAK.
The Campaign of, 1884 from the first
abounded In the most scurrious abuse Of
the two eRssiIdates, who were personally as
sailed beyond any previous presidential can
didates | remember but the card which gave
the election to Cleveland was not thrown
until well toward the end OF the campaign,
and even then was unlocked for and acci-
dental. E1Tly in the last week OF October,
1854, Blaiae reached New York City after
an EXTENDED stumpng tour In the west. Two
fatal biuueers marked his stay in New York.
One of thcse was the great meeting OF
preachersl at the Fifth Avenue hotel on the
afternooniof OF October % and the other was
the feast of New York millionaires on the
evening u the same day. The meeting OF
ministersi Was attended by about 1000 cler-
gymen % all denominations who had
lected as their spokesman Rev. Samuel ID.
Burchardi After Blaine had been presented,
Burchard made a brief address in the
course III which he said I'VE are repub-
licans az do moi propose to leave our party
and idei ~ ourselves with the party whose
antecefJ7ss nave been rum, Romanism and
rebellbp"
The dsiaoera,lc managers left no stone un-
turned 10 isprcad Burchard's speech where
II woulp do the most good. The whole
countrYS was plscarded with 1t, and It has
often 81 % said that the last four words
OF II oa(tsci the defeat OF Blaine. DR.. Bur-
chards 'shc awoke the morning after his
speech no nnd himself famous promptly
wrote NJ osn, letter In which ne said that
his uofds had been misunderstood and
wrongfbly interpreted, and that he alone
was r4pQnsible for them. But the mis-
chief 3ast done and thousands of persons
who n6sfr Know aieir author will always
rememlfr fhelftNsl lds and the part they
played4b Rnesnampaign OF 1884
IHAsl4 tRIfIISON LETTER
The ~ afA.tH the campaign of 1888
was tEr Il ~ Uirchson letter written
by Loff 10y -, Alnd which resulted In
his d.1N3 J fAlsh minister to this
eount1f{ n lent cleveland George
osgoa te-do Englishman and an