The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-15
FUN OF THE WORLD.

W1fSU al the OtltL l4HtS$ were Il%ciA t4tr
she could have the one that was left But
the baby left over was a eolored baby.
This was al right. however. as the wo-
man was coloredl
SS
Down on your knees. YOU rogue, said
Thackeray 20 J. T. Fields the famous
publisher OF Boston and author Of Yes
terdays With Authors, down on your
knees. for here Vanity Fair was pen
ned. And I viii go down with yoU.
added ". n. T.. FOR IN very truth
think very wen myself OF that lttie
work Thackeray spoke in Keusington
in little room at the top OF house Ia
2 quiet street. with 4 lattice WINDOW. but
! the street was Young street. not ksnsing-
/ ton Palace Gardens. as some people fan
cy-. The best OF Thackeray's work was
done in Young street.
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Private" John Allen. in his distinguish
ed capacity as one Of the government
/ commissioners 70 the St. Louis Worlds
; Fair blew into Washington 10 see the
opening of congress The Private wus
1 deliberately arrayed in a new frock coat.
/ dun-colored vest with red spots on ii.
patent leather shoes and muriy spats-
/ he stood in one OF the doors Of the house
1 Mark Smith. perennial delegate from
Arizona, came along He noticed Allen
| gazing pensively and said.
/ Seems 10 be rather mixed lot John
I Yes, indeed replied Allen. and 90
4 you know il fills me with establishment
70 think of the many years 1 associated
with these people on terms OF equality"
I K
/ Professor Munsterberg OF Harvard,
/ whose speciality is psychology. relics TO
some extent on the point Of a good story
I in enforcing his positions in abstract DEM
onstration. He has on the association
/ of ideas that viii illustrate. a medieval
masician--more accurately called "fakir
nowadays that he had invent
/ ed and had for sale a magic pot IL GER
! tain rather common stones were mixed
and placed in the pot with a certain por-
I ton OF water. and the whole shaken dill
gently FOR an hour. the stones would turn
! 10 gold-provided. that during the hour
! the operator should not think OF a hippo
potamus. The fakir sold a great many
/ for fabulous sums. and not one Of the
/ purchasers ever demanded a return OF the
money. The fakir knew his business. He
I was IN advance OF his age In psy cholosy,
+ in his skill IN permsntly fixing in his
I customers minds the association OF that
/ old pot and a hippopotamus.
u
Billy" Stuart is nut with a brand new
yarn and IL is a good one. Mr.. Stuart,
/ with a number OF bachelor friends. lives
/ on Mcmillan street. near Woodlawn ave
nue.. East Walnut Hills. Cincinnati
He usually takes a constitutional each
I morning. and not long since noticed that
( the upper parts Of the telephone poles in
/ the vicinity OF his residence We're being
decorated with coats Of vivid green paint.
One morning as he was passing one OF
( the poles an Irishman seated on top care
lessly let drop can of the green paint.
! Il struck the sidewalk and WAS literally
spatted about
y moment later another Irishman ap-
peared upon the scene and noticing the
green paint spilled all over the sidewalk
looked up and snxiously inquired Of his
cOmrade alOft.
'Doherty. Doherty. hav ye had hem
orrhage?''
x
a wealthy Riverina sQuatter. now de-
parted, as he used to phrase II, 20 the
Great Muster was noted almost ~
much for his attic Wit as for his parsi-
mony. He also suffered very badly,
and helped along his hating utterauco
with a frequent ejaculation Of ID Sc
see2 Dye see?" His niggardly traits
gained him widespread local unpopulsrity
and the bitter eumity o. suudoncrs who
We're always vigorously refused rations AZ
his stations. Smarting under this un-
usual inhospitallty. some disappointed
sWargles on one occasion set fre % one
Of the sQuatter's wool-sheds- and then
wrote upon a gate: We've dam We'll
burnt down your wooi-shed. Dye see2
Dive see2" OF course. II caught the big
mans eve when next he passed through
For "A moment nc contemplated the ans
nouncoment and then with ssfdonic
grin took the stump Of "A blue pencil from
his pocket and scrubbed underneath. III
was dam We'll insured. Dye see Dye
see"
II was IN fashionable restaurant and
at about seven o'clock IN the evening a
young man Of ordinary appearance sat at
a table. and after studying over the BIN
Of fare for some time. ordered canvas
back duck After long wait It arrived
in it's glory of trimminks and was set be-
fore him. The gorgeousness Of the cell
cry-fed fowl reused his suspicious and he
said to the waiter. How muchr He
turned pale as the waiter said three
fifty" and rushed 70 the desk with the
bill Of fare in his hand The proprietor
happened 10 be there and the young man
showed him where printers hlunder
had been made, and the nought dropped
from tho bill. and explained that he had
but . cents % paw with He was excit-
ed and talked so loudly that al in the
neighborhOof heard him as he begged 20
be- let OF The proprietor said u was All
right 10 sit down and order what ~ could
afford The young man. however. WAS
too badly scared % remain and ieft the
place. An hour later the dish was serF-
ed 70 some one who really wanted g.
At dinner last Monday night attended
br several diplomats somebody told
story about wa Tins Fang. the Chinese
minister.
Last spring a. the C0reorau art gallery
there vas an exhibition u TIE painting
~ Hubert Tos p Dutch artist. ore Hec-
ton vas devoted 20 types n the various
races, and among the paintings were roF-
traits of Prince Chirs and II Hung
chang
SIR. vos showed Minister wa around
and explained The pictures when they
nrr 20 The Chinese portraits Au looked
~ the picture ~ Prince Ching and asked
abruptly. who's tnatf
Prince Ching. repiied Fos
1T does rot iook ike him. ass WIS
comment
Somewhat dlsconcerte5. Tos STEPPED IN
r-rrt - the portrait ~ ii Hung chaug
who's fhaf9 asked the Chiofsf rnin-
isier.
THAT 81 ~ Hung Chsee
s.5t does not iooE IKE fn- repiIe5 v p
'.Brf ir fe oair q thrfe-s larrers view.
explained tire artist
IL does aot even feak ftr.e-g .ialtfrs
Uke fsna retgrfel Wu-
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