The Leon reporter., 1900-11-08
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It is said that Mr.. EvaEts was once
going up IN the elevator at the State
Department with many applicants
for ministerslips and consulships.
We'll {" said he,. to q friend, this is
the largest collection for foreign
missions that has been taken up for
a long time"
A Scotch divine took one OF his
parishioners to task for his non-at-
tendance at kirk; the man said: 81
dlnna lllln like lang sermons" The par
son, with some wrath, replied: .'Jchn,
yell dee, and go to place where
yen not have the privilege of hearing
long or short sermons" "Thnt NAV
BE-, said John, "but it Wilma be for
lack of parsons"
After his return to London from
his first tour in the United States.
Matthew Arnold visited old Mrs.
Proctor, widow of the poet, 'sBarry
CORNWALL" and mother of Adelaide
Proctor. Mrs. Proctor, who was then
eighty years old, in giving Mr.. Arnold
a cup of tea, asked him: "And what
did they say ABOUT you in America ?"
Well" said the literary autocrat.
they said I was conceited, and tbey
said my clothes did not fit me-" "Well,
now," sa'u the old lady, 81 think they
were mistaken as to the clothes.n
Frederick Sandys, who some one
mas called the greatest of English
draughtsmen and A1inais said was
worth any five Academicians. was
waited upon in his young days by a
deputatlon from corporation which
wanted a portrait of an estimable
grocer, their mayor. When the oues-
tlon O. terms was reached, the spokes-
man OF the party announced that
they were willing to pay the magni-
ncent sum of two hundred and fifty
dollars. AS the painters face fell.
the worthy town councillor hastily
added that they only wanted a half
length. "Oh, of course, that makes
difference" said the artist. ur.
banely; (which ha4i would YOU pre-
fer, gentlemen?"
Professor TAFT of Edinburgh, after
having subdued a lady pianist who
annoyed him by taking to the bag
pipes, was troubled by an amateur
elocutionist in the house. One day.
the story goes, when the house was
hlled with oratory, a a-volley of explo-
SONS came from Tait's room. follow
ed by smoke and unearthly smells.
lhe lessons in oratory were suspend
ca, and every one in the house col
lected to find out what the trouble
was. TAFT, with unmoved counte-
nance, said to the landlord: Gas there
seems to be no restraint on the na-
ture of the studies pursued in these
lodgings, | have begun series of ex-
periments in high explosives, from
which expect to draw much advan-
tage." The elocution ceased.
Mrs. Mutsu,, whose death has re-
Gently been announced, was one of
the most attractive women who ever
presided at the japanese legation
at Washington, d. C. Her end, it is
said, was hastened by her sorrow fo1.
VIC uedIA VI uer husband, which Oc-
CURED three years ago. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mutsu were most devoted cou-
pie. and when Mr.. Mutsu was sta
toned at the national capital
they were constantly seen together.
Asked at an afternoon tea what was
Minister Mutsu's favorite sport, his
gentle little wife looked up archly
and said: "Oh, madam, my husband
he like TO firt best of all things in
the world. He thinks this American
sport most adorable. We flirt and
firt all day long. I firt with him.
he firt with me-"