The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-28
SOME EASY IDENTIFIcATIoNs.
Several Instances in Which Exactinq
Officials Were Satisfied,

Several Instances in Which Exactng
Officials Were Satisfied.
r. A story is going the rounds of Ger
man newspapers about the curious ex-
per1enGassof professor in a German
town who wanted to cash a postal or
der.
The postoff1ce attendant to whom
he applied told him that he would have
to be identified. The professor was I'M
much troubled, for he needed the mon
ey. The pOstoff1ce man presently be-
came sympathetic and expressed a de-
sire to be helpful
Have you not perhaps a photograph
of yourself with your" he asked, after
some moments of bordering.
why, yes, indeed. happen to have
one in my pocket" said the man of
learning, and he drew 1t forth and
handed 1t to the government employee.
Indeed, yes, that is you indeed!"
said the hopeful Teuton; there is your
money"
A Syracuse business man had an ex-
per1ence which matches this in Lon
don last summer.
He discovered on the Channel hoat
on his way back from Paris that his
Paris hotel bill contained a charge of
15afrancS which was obviously an err
ror. Not being pesimist, he refused
to- belieVe that the Paris landlord was
thief, and from Dover he wrote to
him, calling attention to the erroneous
charge and asked that the Is francs
be RENTED to him at his London adj
dress. Experienced travellers may
smile at his confidence, but he AYERS
that in a considerable experience of his
own he has learned that most business
men are square in their dealings when
they are Squarely met
In London he received money order
for the Is francs, and when he present
ed it at the general postoffice he was
asked to write his name as a receipt.
When he handed the paper back the
man at the desk said that he could
not pay out money on that signature
The Syracuse man was in GUAM
dairy until it occurred to him that he
signed his name as often with his first
name and middle initial as he did us
ing only the two initials. He couldn't
recall how he had signed the letter to
Paris but as he had just signed his
first two initials only to the postal re-
ceipt and had been turned down. he
concluded he must have put his first
name and middle initial to the Paris
letter.
He explained matters to the clerk
and offered to write the other form of
his signature, which the clerk babe him
do After looking at the second sig
nature the clerk told him to write be-
tween the two signatures the words
described as" so that the paper read:
w. w. Blank, described as William
W. Blank"
Then the critical British clerk paid
him his money.
When the story was told to a New
York scientist he said, falling into the
vernacular:
II turned a trick similar to that once
myself. l was travelling from France
to Italy In the days before passports
had gone so much out of fashion. I
had my passport in my trunk instead
I of in my pocket on this occasion.
1T was night when we reached the
italian border and an Italian official
politely asked me for my passport.
With something of an unpleasant feel
Ing of imminent annoyance, such as
these men can cause If they want to,
explained that l had packed my pass
port in my trunk.
ITO my relief the man, still most DO
litely, asked If l had my visiting card
with me. I said that had and pro-
duced one. He looked at it. That Is
quite sufficient he said, and I con-
rtinued my journey."-New York Sun.