Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
Anecdotes Concerning
Wdlknown People
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the clubs liquor license.
1T Is rather a matter OF Indifference TO
u.s. she said. whether we get license
or not. Women. you know. are not given
to drinking. They are too careful of their
and fresh. and wine. as you know. tends
to make coarse and stale and fat.
so If we had a license think We should
sell little. Ii would not be with
with a farmer | once met In Scotland.
travelling in the Scottish highlands one
cup df milk and the view from the door
was so lovely that said to the farmer:
All. what superb place to live In.
'Ou, aye he answered, in convention
al Scots, it's a richt: but hoo wad We like.
ma'am to haze to walk fufteen mile ilka
time ye wanted bit glass o. whusky?
demijohn Of whisky and keep it in the
houseT
He shook his head sadly.
'Whusky. he said, won't keep"
The Floating Anchor.
Capt. Sealby OF the Cretic was talking
about the nautical ignorance of the average
tourist.
Il once overheard a tourist" he said.
TASK her husband where their daughter
was.
I'm the blunt end of the Ship the hus-
band answered.
Still worse, though" Capt. Sealby con-
tinued, was the nautical ignorance OF a
These greenhorns had for anchor lot
of stones tied up in burlap bag.
When lunch time came the skipper
called to his mate:
Z" Cast anchori'
1.-THE other heaved the anchor overheard.
but In the act the burlap split and the
stones sank to the bottom, while the bag
skipper said the man. after watching
the bag little while the anchor won't
| sink. What's to be done?
:. Here said the skipper. capably. take
this pole and shove her down."
In the Planting Season.
ST. Hood of the Department OF Agri-
culture-with good prospects of success
is trying to beat the Japanese camphor
trust by raising camphor groves in Florida.
At dinner in Huntington that cele-
brated an unusually fine distillation Of
camphor leaves, Mr. Hood, the guest OF
honor, told a seasonable agricultural story.
| a story that should appeal to all suburban
ties.
zone beautiful spring morning" he be-
| gan, "a suburbanite looked suspiciously
over his hedge and said to his nsighbor
Hey. what the deuce are you burying
| In that hole thereT
1.-The neighbor laughed-a harsh, bitter
!" 'Oh.' he said. I'm just replanting some
'Nasturtium, seedy? shouted the first
"'oh, that's all right the other re-
/ torted. The seeds are inside.
At the Old Mans.
Gov Hughes of New York at a dinner
at Delmonicos referred good humoredly to
an article wherein he had been misquoted.
1.-The error" he said. was purely ac-
cidental, but 1t put me- till 1t was corrected.
in rather a bad position. 1t made me feel
like the young bridegroom OF schenectady.
ia ma WI
suspected of being fortune hunter, but
1t was not true However, he married a
rich merchants daughter and leased IN
Schenectady's outskirts a house called The
Old Manse.'
1.-THE wedding was celebrated duly and
he horrbe
graphical error. concluded with the state-
| ment:
Contentment.
T.. w. Po6derly at the informal confer
ence Of capital and labor that Andrew Car
negie held in his 5th avenue mansion last
month told story about contentment;
''Contentment Is q good thing, Mr.. Pow
Derby began, but II should never be car
ried too far. 1t is discomfort, we must
always remember. that brings about inn
LET me tell you a story about a too con-
tented Scranton farmer.
Ibis 0lQ man Inf8nt nave Hau a Boou
modern shotgun. but he was content with
an old musket, q relic of the civil war. He
was very proud Of this antique hrearm.
When 1 lived in Scranton he was always
boasting about his prowess at sparrow
shooting with 1t.
zone day be took man out with him to
show what he could do in the sparrow
shooting line Before he set out ne loaded
the gun. He put into ii a half dozen
screws, some rusty nails. handful of but
tons and bit Of file that happened to be
living on a rubbish heap
1.-The two men came to a tree, a. great
flock of sparrows rose into the air, ana the
report was tremendous. One sparrow feil'
and the old man fell. too. He lay unt m
scious for some minutes
when he revived he looked at his watch.
Then he sat up, patted his gun affection
ately and said with a contented smile:
" She used me well this time. 1t mostly
takes twenty minutes to a good half hour
before / come to myself; but, by gosh!
always get my sparrow.
The Human Shield.
The advent of Decoration day ca1sed Ad-
miraI Dewey at a recent dinner to praise
the bravery Of the American troops during
the civil war.
Both sides alike were brave" he said:
north and south, soldiers and sailors. And
the bravery of the raw recruits was thing
to be seen to be believed.
There used to be circulated. though, a
good story about Connecticut recruit
This young man, after he had gotten Until
ated fought heroicaIly, but in his first en-
gagement he was very nervous.
"a chum Of his was in the line ahead or
him. and when the bullets began to fly the
chum began to dodge.
"Thereupon the recruit shouted excitedly:
:" Hey, Jim, don't duck; m behind we.
The Ready Actor.
E H. Sothern few days before he set
out on his London venture talked at
farewell dinner about stage presence OF
mind.
when a dilemma Unexpectedly crops
up" he said Il manage in an awkward
way to master It somehow: but never ac-
quit myself with the brilliance that marks
the typical anecdotes of stage presence OF
mind.
They tell of really remarkable case
that happened in Cincinnati. 1t was a mel
odrama. The hero in the second act stood In
the bow of ship soliloquizing about love,
while the waves rolled and rocked on all
sides.
THE waves were made in this way: Blue
canvas was spread loosely over the stage.
and under the canvas some twenty or thirty
supers lay on their backs, kicking and
rolling and beating about with their