Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
NnecdOfeS ConCe1h
Well-knOWn PEOPLE.

girl. That is our game. He is papa
coming home late, and 1 am YOU
Mark Twain on Etiquette.
Mark Twain. at dinner in New York.
talked on etiquette.
Il once read book on etiquette he
said. land 1 still remember many Of the
rules. The most important rules were
these:
How to accept a profrered dgar-Slip
the right hand into the box, draw forth
two, place one absently in the upper pocket
of the vest insert the other between the
lips. and look inquiringly around for a
light.
How to leave room properly-Open
the door. place one foot over the sill. fol-
low it up closely with the other foot, and
then. turning slightly. shut the door.
How to accept dinner inyitation-Eat
a light breakfast and no lunch
How to accept an invitation to drink
Look careless Say, Don't care IL 1 do
and fix the gaze on the other side OF the
the glass. This will assure you full
portion"
The Price of Proficiency.
Herkimer James, the well-known scien-
list. was talking In New York about the
bill of $4,000 that Dr. Frank Billings pre-
scented to the Marshal Field estate for sew
en- days treatment Of the dead millionaire.
ut seems a big fee." said Professor
James. ut comes to more than s. 500 a
day, doesn't it? At that rate Dr. Billings
income would be million and a quarter
a year. Yes. 1t was big fee, but when
ever physicians fees seem extortionate
think OF certain famous eye specialist.
"A patient Of this specialists. coming to
pay his bill, growied.
Doctor. 1t seems to me that 500 is
big charge for that operation OF mine. 1t
didn't take you over half minute
My dear. sir. the other answered. in
learning to perform that operation in half
minute I have spoiled over eleven pecks
or such eyes as yours.
A Child's Answer.
Mrs. Russell Sage often speaks Of the
days. before her marriage. when she taught
school. In an address that she made last
winter before a charitable society, Mrs
Sage said:
THAT method Of giving was not salts
factory, was 1t? So vague and uncertain
were its results, indeed, that 1 was re-
minded Of the answer that pupil Of mine
once made in a history lesson.
g How many wars I asked this pupil.
did England fight with Spain7
-" Six she answered.
" Six" said I. 'Enumerate them, please
the little girl"
Poetry Quotations.
At the Authors Club. in New York, Rich
ard LIE Gallienne, the English poet said
one day of poetry:
THE poet was once the mouthpiece OF
the nation. Honors and wealth were show
cred on him. To be a poet was to be a
king. But now the poet is nothing. He
cannot earn living. I doubt If an in
a., - @~lrf
could make one-half as much as an In
dustrious bricklayer. Were 1t not for ad-
vertisement poetry
Mr.. LIE Gallienne smiled.
THE other day." he said. meeting a
poet, I asked, in a low voice:
Well, how Is poetry nowT
Dull. Very duH,' the poet answered
gloomily. Breakfast food verse is only
ads have fallen to twenty cents. Fall
clothing poetry has been wobbly for a
week, and canned meat verse dropped seven
points yesterday in as many minutes"
The Patriots Rebuke.
"See your own country first" said ].
8. McWade. the noted secret service agent
Don't go to England till you have first
seen America. They who boast about for
eign parts when they don't know the beau
ties and wonders of their own land ought |
to be kicked.
II met young chap from Boston the |
other day. He had been abroad for a |
month. and you'd have thought from bis /
clothes and walk that he was an English
man. He talked about England as IL 1t /
were heaven, and finally he said:
In London, you know. 1 appeared at
court
st frowned and said.
Drunk and disorderlyr
An Ado Witticism.
George AIDE. automobiling In Indiana.
lined at Q country hotel among q roomful