The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-18
THE MAN.
ABOUT
TOWN
u,
Harry Tucker
" DAILY CALUND
1908 Entered the s11lls' contest at tho
Confederate Bnzaar.2 rs 81 III
h 100l--A1sp ran. Y. l.iaSlslHEl

s DAILY ALE1NDAR. VI. Il.
1M3-t1ntered the Elks contest at tho
Confederate Bazaar. NJ KS 6fg n ~ IL
100l--AlsoJ ran. IA sb ll 3ss VI is
Mr. Paul q. Henry, an old Rlchm o,idef,
liz back from d trip around the world
He went away five years ago and has
seen everything and Everybody worth worth
seeing 3 81 IL ISl5s !s 5
we saw him at Cnnpbell's eattng some
pork and beans, and he told us about the
way tho Sultan OF Turkey received him.
see,, hc said i"when31 got OF my
yacht and went up Main Street ut Con.
stat--thats what we say for Cons tantl-
nople In Turtlsh-a whole lot Of Fellows o.
with fezzes on cnme out in tho middle ot
the street and snlanmed to me ! Whveu
the stars and stripes and lit u silas Johh-
son cigar and flssed them ny. NJ,
",Then I went Nip Main Street a little
farther and met d lot OF women with
wells all ovcr their faces UP to their eyes
"They had brown eyes ,stoo.soft, dreamy real
ones--arid I asked n man with pair 81
bloomers on who they We're. He 4 t7l1rI,
seem to understand my French
ape frnuleins, a, Who zey are fen dey
haf derc names on ze door plate 2 asked
"'No spoken 20 Itallano, yes 4 replied
the man with the bicycle pants on =, , 1, !
&"Then tried him In Chinese 'Chlng
chang chi chu-chu.s said. 1,
about, snid the fellow but II you can
sneak a little English maybe we might
get to know each other better.
f'"rhcn It occurred to me, said Mr..
Henry, .thnt had been talking !, to ,. . q
free born American citizen oil tho ti l1nne.
"'Hcllo, Bill!'EI said.
~. No. 4-11-44. was his reply, ana nc
turned out to be amen'bers Of the So e
order. ~ Il & 4. IA :, u
"Then he told mo he had been In Con
stan for several years and was then on
the police force. And he said 1t was q
snap 85 y. i, :, A. c.
wouldn't arrest man for murder: II 1T
required any energy.
."Then he told me who the ladies' were
and I learned they were some Of the sui
tan's 1000 wives. lie showed mo Mo pal
ace and said that one wing Of It was for
the back numbers, Ind the other wing
for the fnvortes and the new wives.
'"The old fellow gets a new wife on
every birthday. and she remains the
royal fnvorlte. for a year. m
"Some Of those I saw wouldn't be a
favorlte with mo for ten minutes" said
Mr., Henry. N .,s .sj
What becomes Of the mothers-in-laWf''
we asked Mr.. Henry. 8 K
1.-The Sultan sends them to the mines.
That's one place on earth where a man
may get tho best OF his mother-in-laW. &
"The Sultan Il Is a coward. Heels afraid
to eat and he makes seven men inSthe
palace taste all his food before he starts
in on It,"
Mr.. Henry told us various other little
stories, which amused lis very much and
which we shall incorporate in the next
volume Of our book. ..
Mr.. II. Lee Lorraine knows how to do
all tho tricks that Professor Brooks does
at Bostocks. 3.
At least. he says so, and anybody can
believe him who chooses.
He also says that he is going out there
one night next week and show the crowd
how to do It.
"That trunk trick Is Just as easy says
MIR. Lorraine. can you got to. do Is TO
know how to make yourself, small enough
| to get through that hole In the top Of the
| trunk. 6E}
II. know how to do 1t, and I'm going to
show the nennla how it5is, done before Mr..
Brooks goes away from town,
81 read in a book all about the tricks,
| and me and Moses May can do any OF
| them that comes down the pike" X
| Then he changed a quarter into twenty
| five cents turned glass of water into
| a man, and said he could 80 out Into
| the country and turn COW into an open
Ilot without the aid of a net.
After which no disappeared.