The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-22
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It's strange said a we'll known
gentleman yesterday afternoon, how
easily people may be deceived uninten-
tionally. l know of numbers of instances
where a joke has been taken seriously
when in reality the person telling it has
no idea that it would be misconstrued.
Il believe it was P. T. Barnum who
said that the American people loved to
be humbugged, and that he was right,
we have all learned since, for every day
we meet people who are willing to be.
lieve anything they hear, or even read in
the newspapers. Tell some of them
Christmas will come next July and they
will accept it truth without ever think
ing it over.
Now, just in order to prove this. l
will tell you of an instance that occurred
at the game Of ball the other day between
the girls from the Wooley West and the
Fulton Brownies. Shortly after the con-
flict commenced some fellow in the grand
stand began shooting off his lip at
lively clip. Oh, he was a wise guy for
fair, and what he didn't know wasn't in
the rule book.
..The people about him listened to
his CAB for two three innings, and
then some one remarked rather SarcaS-
tically that he was Mr.. AL. G. Spaulding,
the recognized authority on baseball.
Now, while a number of people knew
that the remark was made in the spirit
of fun, more with the intention of rldl-
culing the laxative guinea than any
thing else, many people took the joke
seriously, and before the game was half
over several hundred people in the grand
stand were discussing the presence Of
Mr. Spaulding at the game, the mere
fact that he halls from Chicago, the
same city the female base-ballists came
from, lending color plenty to the
rumor 1t is safe to say that never be-
fore in his life has this particular in
dividual been the recipient of so much
attention.
and on top of all this know Of a
newspaper reporter who, upon hearing
that Mr.. spaulding was present at the
ball game yesterday afternoon spent
all of this morning in trying to locate
the we'll known sport in order to get an
interview.
Senator Thomas S. Martin was at Muir
phy's for a short time yesterday. The dis
,jneuished visitor was en- route to his
home in scottsville. he having been in
Washington for some time past. He was
looking exceedingly we'll.
Mr.. L. G. Tyler, president of William
and Mary College. Williamsburg. Va.
passed through the city yesterday.
John Saadi, prominent diamond broker
of Brooklyn, is registered at the Union
Hotel.
Judge ]. D. Bowen, we'll known poll
tician of Columbia, S. c., is stopping at
the Union.
). R. Vernon, of Roanoke, is registered
at Murphy's.
S. l.. Folk. prominent Elk Of Smith
field, is stopping at the Union.
Among the guests registered at the ho-
tells are:
Ford's-Dr.v D. D. Folkes. West Point;
L. C. Hughlett. Lancaster. Va: S. D.
Bunting. Clay Bank. Va; William Rich
ardson. King and Queen: ]. r. Richard
son. Penola; w. NJ. James. Lynchburg:
W. I. Burruss, Fredericksburg; DR.. ii.
L. Stephenson, Toano; James A. Graham.
| West Point; Mrs. J. W. Layman. Ida
I.ayman, Cincinnati.
Murphy's-T ]. Shannon. Monroe. N. c..
| E. B. Lewis. Brunswick: B. "A. Lewis.
| Hampton; Mrs S. L. Nelson Lauren. S..
c., George W. Phillips and wife, Peters
burg: r J. Callahan. L. N. Watson, jack
sonville; G. L. Knight. South Carolina;
Samuel + Williams, Baltimore: Floyd
| CEany, Louisa: G. I. Sav1ngton, Rutland.
Vermont. +. B. Garfunkel. Columbia; A.
c. Thompson and wife. Condry. 8. c.;
Julius Isear. Georgetown. s. c.; Lyon G.
Tyler Williamsburg; w. B. Page, Nor
folk. George Lindsay, Primers. Va: F. o.
Thomas and wife, BeoloTo City, y. J.
Dorsey. Norfolk.
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