Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-07

This is doubtless your sisters hand
kerchief?"
No replied the dandy, smilin;
amiabIy, lit Is mine" f'@
"Ah." said Lord Kitchener, media
| lively. 1T Is yours
He handed it back without writing or
it. only enduring as he did so, with ar
air of serious interest:
"And what sized hairpins do you
| wear"
1t is not an easy matter to keep 4
woman from Il funeral or a wedding
especially the latter II it be a fashiona-
BILE function. relates a Paris correspon-
dent. The recent marriage of the
Count de Flcrs and Mile. Genevieve
Sardou WAS tremendous affair in
Paris. and at least two persons claimed
every available seat in the church
where the happy pair became one.
Just as the ceremony was about to be-
gin handsomely dressed woman fore
ed her way through the crowd ut the
door ard was about to step inside when
the steward on guard there barred her
progress, saying:
at is impossible to let you in, mad
am. Every seat is occupied"
Tina, may be-" replied the lady in a
very confident tone. but you will find
ii you inquire that there is still room
for me-
who are you. then, madam" asked
the steward.
Il am the widow Of General Gallifet."
she replied.
The steward saluted the lady with an
apoiogetic bow and showed her TO a
good viewpoint inside, expressing regret
that ia provide Il seat was impossible
On returning 60 the door he was re-
minded that General Gallifet is very
much alive. and that he Is. moreover. Il
widowcr.
President Elmer II. Capcn of Tufts
College was recently addressing the
Massachusetts Dental Society and ex-
planned HIS lack OF technical, dental no.
menc!atuic, expressing the hope mat
If. OF this account, he made poor
speech. 1t would not be assumed that
he always made poor speeches. In
making this point he told a nautical
story, says the Chicago Cnronicie.
Inc mate OF "A certain schooner"
he said, was in the habit of drinking
more Than was good for him. On one
occasion, after he had recovered from
an unusually severe attack of intoxica-
ton, he WAS looking over the log and
found that the captain had inscribed
therein on certain date:
Mate drunk
The mate promptly went to the cap
tain and asked why such statement
had been written down
II is true, isn't it, asked the cap
tain.
Yes, said the mate.
Then let it stand said the captain
"A few days later the captain. in
looking over the log. found this in
scription:
Captain sober
He summon. d the mate and asked
him nhat he meant by taking such a
liberty.
IT'S true. isn't it?'
Yes. said the captain. but
Then let ii stand said the mate"
One day Kate Douglas Wiggin. the nov
clist. was in one of the large Gcpart-
i9iNit ~t'i'H Vi .>'W IoIk tltt. ana
thinking she might get a copy of one OF
her books which she wished To send to
" friend she politely but cautiously APP
preached the young woman who pre-
sided AT the book counter, relates the
Chicago Journal.
Have you 'Penelopc's Progrcss?' 81
inquired Mrs. Wiryin.
What LADY," responded the book eX-
pert. somewhat in doubt.
'Penelopc's Progress.
You mean Pilgrims Progress,
don't Xou:" vcnturod the clerk. ap-
parcntly anxious ~ save the CuSto-
mer's feelings. We've got that, and
there amt anything better. ! guess"
However. Mrs. WicGin could not he
prevailed upon to take the pilgrim
for Penolope's whatever she NAY have
thought of the relative merits Of the
two books.
\ writer in the Chicago Chronicle
says that inodesty j. almost invariably
enc of the characteristics rf genius.
Men who have achieved tho highest
fame seldom vaunt themselves osten-
tatiouslv in the public eye. but are
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