The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-17

Players and the Willing Performer made
 it's over-capitalized appearance, One of
 the Indianapolis papers recorded that
 event in Brother Wills life after this
 fashion, "Will Ade brother of George
 Ade, was in town yesterday" George
 sent marked copy of the paper to his
 father, without comment.
 Mrs Belva Ann Lockwood, the only
 woman who ever ran for president of
 the United States, is a busy lawyer in Washington. She likes to tell her visit
 ors of the contribution she made to the gayety of nations in the presidential cam
 paign of 1884, when she and Ben Butler
 were the fun-making side show to the rather intense circus race between MT. Cleveland and MT. Blaine. She still claims that she received the ballots of
 the presidential electors of the state of
 Indiana, but there Is probably a sup
 pressed twinkle in her eye as she says 1t.
 One thing she has kept from her presi-
 dential campaign, however, which is seri-
 ous, and that Is what she calls proof
 positive that man can not keep a se- cret.
 "On the day I received notice of my nomination from the women of Califor-
 mia l met M. A. Clancy, assistant clerk
 of the district court. He told me l ought to vote for Ben Butler, because Butler
 believed in woman suffrage, temperance, education and progress. l replied that 1 would rather vote for woman and told him, under promise of absolute secrecy, that l had been nominated myself. He said it was the best joke of the season, but promised not to tell When l got l to my office there was a reporter. In few minutes another then another, and still another. That shows how man l can keep secret'
 The friends of certain chapter )f | Daughters of the American Revolution
 in Memphis Tenn. have a joke on It's
 members which they consider really too
 good to keep. It seems that few years
 ago when all Memphis was having a fete
 day in honor of Gov. Luke E. Wright of 1 the Philippines, now ambassador to Ja- l pan, the D. A. R. chapter also asked the | privilege of entertaining him and his 1 charming wife. President Roosevelt, who
 was also a guest of honor in the city, was to be present and the Hotel Gayoso was royalty decorated for the afternoon. | The D. A. R. members came out in full 1 colonial costume and powdered hair | ready to honor their famous townsman. The chapter members gathered, the
 president and his suite were there, Mrs l Wright. handsome and gracious. stood with the D. A. R. officers in the receiv- | ing line, the specially invited guests came.
 but still Gov. Wright did not appear
 Finally a greatly perturbed committee
 woman approached Mrs Wright and dls- | creetly whispered in her ear: Where is
 the governor" Why. he Is at home,
 the wife replied. 'At home! Is he ill?" | "Oh, mo- said Mrs. Wright, he is only
 little tired" But he is coming oyer
 is he not?" the puzzled committee wom-
 an insisted Well I don't think so, :"
 said Mrs. Wright, slowly, with some de- l gree of embarrassment and more amuse-
 ment; you see, he wasn't invited" Not | invited! shrieked the mortified officers ] in concert. Not invited, Why, this re- 1 ception is being given solely in his hon | or" Explanations followed thick and | fast, committee women on the verge of | tears wondered who had blundered. but | since it was too late then to summon | the governor from his comfortable smok- i ing room at home, whither he had fled with a few boon companions, the recep-
 ton proceeded without the guest of honor
 and parodied the old play of Hamlet"
 with the melancholy Dane omitted.
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