Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-08

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However. in this last generous act
of his King Edward is keeping up his
reputation as thirty-third degree ex-
pert In the line Of knowing how people
should dress.
Now, after one good studious glance
at the pictures we see OF the mikado.
the ordinary person would conclude
that the Jap ruler is pretty we'll fixed
in the line of decorations. All the pic
lures have seen of him show him to
be regular sunburst with sashes,
ribbons, buttons and medals. He looks
like man who had spent the day MAX
Ing a collection at the automobile
show at the coliseum. He didn't i'm
press me as being shy any decorative
wearing apparel.
But he was. and right here was
where the keen and discriminating
eye and taste of the king of England
got on. Ordinary persons looked
at the picture of the mikado and re-
marked: He ceretainly put In good
deal Of time dressing up to get his
picture taken. He's fixed out proper"
But King Edward knew better. Every
evening, after he had finished his
days work and would 60 and sit down
to read the evening paper while the
queen was washing the supper dishes,
he would see the picture of the mikado
In the middle of the front page, He
would at once notice that there was
something lacking in tho Japanese
rulers dress. This matter worried
King Edward for a long time, but after
due consideration and much hard study
of tho nom entous matter he decided
to wait till the cruel war was over
before he called the mikado's atten-
ton to the lack of completeness Of his
wearing apparel.
Finally, after the war was over,
and the mikado was In the usual good
spirits Of the winner. the time to make
the matter public was at hand. So one
cold and foggy evening, when the king
and one Of his neighbors weye sitting
before the kitchen fire talking over
the newest home rule bill, Edward
changed the subject by suddenly hold.
ing out in front of him the evening
paper and pointing to picture of the
mikado, while he shouted:
II can't keep it any longer; this pic
ture is worrying me daily; can't we
see that that Japanese guy don't know
4 l. 1
do about how to beat John Gates play
ing poker?"
"If the difference is SO great as that"
said the neighbor, "the 1nikado ought
to be arrested"
ITS up to me-" said the king, ito
get that bias-eyed geezer dressed up
right If he's expecting to get sug-
| gestions from me as to how to run
his little show, he's got to dress as /
tell him to-"
Sol the king sent word to the mi
kado that he was not up-to-date in the
matter of dress. He wrote him the
following letter:
London, Eng. doggy as usuaD
| ''Dea- Mkt Is my imperative duty
to make few suggestions to you about
your untidy appearance. Now, you do
first rate, considering that you ride In
lpush carts over there; really you do,
dom -ye-know, but there is one thing
must tell you. and that is when you
dress up to get your picture taken, you
must wear garter. So an going
to send you one. OF course, YOU know
l could put it in one Of the official en-,
velopes and frank it through without
any expense to anyone. In fact, / was
going to do that. when happened to
think that you-not being accustomed
to garters- might think Mrs. Mix had
sent you Christmas necktie.
$50 in order to escape any mistakes
in this highly important matter, am
going to send your garter over by
Prince Arthur and fleet of warships
He will try it on you and show you
how to wear 1t. hope You'll Hike il
very much.
'rYou see. Mix, your way Of dressing
was all right before these days Of rs'
form, primary elections, open plumb.