The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-12


was inadvertently the cause of palpa-
BILE disaster.
During the serving Of the wedding
breakfast Mrs. Foster asked her hus-
band to get her some salad. Mr.. Eos
ter went to the table and procured
plate of salad and cup of clam bouil-
lon. Just as he was about to hand the
salad to Mrs. Foster the president
came up and asked the diplomat some
question about the Alaskan boundary.
Mr.. Foster very justly prides himself
on his knowledge of the conditions and
status of Alaska and began an earnest
dissertation on that subject, giving
emphasis by rather animated gestfcu-
lations. The result was that the salad
slid gracefully off the plate and landed
full on the front breadth of Mrs. Eos
ter's magnificent dress.
The discussion of the Alaskan bound
airy question came to an abrupt end,
Mr.. Foster having more serious things
to engross his immediate attention.
Representative Hamilton of Michi-
gan had for his guest the other day
s..-sT Tax Commissioner Nc
I Laughlin of the VOL.
yerene State E*
Il suppose you will
Iferosa'iVe take me to the White
-so House." asked Mr.. Nc
Mclaughlin. Mr.. Hamilton affected
great surprise that such request
should be made of him. .
Good heavens, nor he said. 81 can't
do that
But why?' asked Mclaughlin. 81
am usually taken there when / come
to Washington" ..~
Yes, yes, know" Hamilton an
sWered. .but, you see, am the Michi-
gan member of the Congressional
union
Il don't understand" faltered Nc
Laughlin E-
Well, I'll tell you. If I took you to
the White House would be fred out
of the union. for we recognize that
William Alden Smith of Grand Rapids
has the exclusive prerogative of taking
Michigan men to see the president
Since President Roosevelts 'srace
suicide" letter deploring the lack of
children in American families was
printed he has been overwhelmed with
letters of generalization from all over
the country. The most convincing ex-
hibit came from Bucyrus, o., in the
shape of photograph. It showed
sturdy man and his equally sturdy
wife surrounded by twelve children, all
theirs. Beneath the picture was writ
ten the simple legend:
Not guilty.
Representative Fordney Of Michigan.
who enjoys the reputation of being
wit, was the other day arguing earnest
II in behalf of American registry for
the good ship Mira, which has been
smashed on the rocks off the coast of
Nova Scotia. There was opposition on
the part of some of his colleagues, and
that made Mr.. Fordney even more ear
nest in his argument He reached
feyefish comparison as to the obiee-
tons raised and the benefits that would
accrue
Why, Mr. Speaker" said he, the
objections raised here to the passage of
this bill don't amount to a fly track on
the map of the world"
A laugh went around he mahogany
desks, and Mr.. Fordney's bill passed
with q Whoop.
Even the man with the political
pull'' has his woes, as indicated by the
e------<a story told by detected
D;anf I'll. Iowa politician to a
group Of correspond
'ne eane ents.
---- This politics game is
not what its cracked up to be, he said.
Now, listen TO me. There was young
fellow ont In my state who went to the
Philippines and got CONSUMPTION. He
returned and put II mp to his friends to