The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-11-28

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funny story about him. But 1t won't be-
AS Private" John Allen, this blg-hearted
and big-brained gentleman has been adj
vertised to the world as a teller Of jokes,
and whenever a man finds it necessary to
name the author of a tale worthy of the
telling he fastens 1t upon Mr.. Allen. In
this way Mr. Allen has fathered a good
many bad stories and a few good ones.
whose authors, fearful lest their offspring
might not re able to stand alone, hitched
them on to his reputation and cracked the
whip OF good fellowship over them with
no doubt as to the result. In one way or
another his reputation has grown. and just
now there is man in the world whose
presence on poSt-prandial occasions is more
sought for. / have never heard him say
So but / would freely stake a hat that
there has not been conspicuous national
dining for the past decade TO which he was
not invited
Knowing all this, It would have been well
had all readers of The Constitution seen the
real John Allen climb off the rear end or
a bclated train in the carshed last Friday
afternoon. The Constitution artist has
drawn 4 StanudiOuS DlCl uIt cI MN. Nll4'Li
is reproduced herewith, and the friends
who gathered to meet him thought that 1t
was one Of his jokes to keep them waiting
for nearly an hour before the train arrived.
But he had nothing to do with the tram
and still less to do with the picture. And
If it should be suggested that ray OF sun
shine dressed in an iIl-ttting suit of brown
clothes, q WORKOUT hat and a Wrinl<led
ovcrcoat. came into the city over the South
arn railway from Mississippi Friday no
BODY would understand that the writer was
describing the arrival of John Allen. sun
shine and wrinkled clothes do not so to-
gether as often rs they should
And yet this is the real John Allen. a
short and rotuud figure. CARRIED in the hrsI
suit Of clothes that he laid his hahdS on
when he got up in the morning, "lth an
overcoat that would fit anybody else III
the world as well as it does him. Win
hat that would entItle him 70 vote IN any
state and county south of Mason and DIX
on's line, and with a satchel that might
contain anything from a nightshirt 10 Is
demiiobn he greeted his Atlanta frlehd3
Friday afternoon He espied The Con
stitution artist skctching him as he was
shaking hands with the assembled multi
tude and taking q swift glance al the IN
terror Of the Carshed, he sald.
Tho scenery is all right, boys, but WISH
Il
in his picture. They were made ~ Inc
best tailor in Tupelo'
Tupelo is his native town in MISSISSIPPI
and somebody in the party sald thaL thef9
Was room for opposition III the lln9 su6-
eested.
"Iyo always thought So too sald MI
Allen "Dut there's only one tallor lheio
now. and I'm bound TO stand by him,
Which will account for any little lido
syncrasv in architectural tailoring which
Mr.. Kelly may indulge in at MI Amen
EXPENSE And it may also account LOT inc
lack Of any other sayings on the part oL
MI Allen which might be construed 10 Dc
worthy Of special mention in cohhecCoh
with his visit to this city
Mr.. AIou has stopped over in Atlanta one
day as Il guest Of personal friends Ioh'
Fleming G. duBisn0n met him at the Tram
and gave him Il luncheon at the CaplIal
City Club. Last night Mr.. Albert lio"eh'
Jr entertained him as the guest OF hohoF
nj an informal dinner During the after
noon he visited the capitol and called upon
Governor Gambler, with whom he was as
socIated for many years III congress. Iio
had quite q long chat with the governor,
and later met several of the senators ANU
representatives. They took him into one
of the committee rooms, and IN response
to many stories that they told him, he tolo
Them a few. They had heard Of him be-
fora-evcrv last man of them-and they
were not one whit disappointed In meeting
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