Evening journal., 1907-11-08
Personal and Pertinent

one Of the younger members Of the Washington bar
whose unfaing joviay makes him "A favorite I'm every
gathering told this little story at his expense the
other day. said he.
well, my eyes may look somewhat on the blink but
I didn't fall off the yesterday. 1 am still living
at my country place I'm Virginia. you know and there
was nothing doing i'm the way of sleep ont there last
night IN the first place separated couple Of calves
from their mothers yesterday up in the
barn. and the calves bawed an night and the cows he'll
lowed. Then we took litter of pigs away from the
old one Besides an that bunch of kittens which acct
dentally happened TO be shut in which the
old cat couldn reach until all hours and their
mother tried scratching at all available doors and win
dows TO set in The dogs excited by the racket
and they barked all night 1t was busy night Have
/ proved my alibi2"-Washington Star.
Ehu vedder the painted lives in Rome, where he has
beautiful apartment and in Capri, where his white
"Elihu vodder" New York illustrator the other
day lis as bohemian as ever Fame has not spoiled him
llghtful
You know they tell story of a visit that he once
paid 70 Alma -Tadema, in London, in that gtterlng
house which Mrs A. T's money made in grateful COM
fortiug cocoa bought
the servants vedder began thunderous knock
ing his hosts sandawood door
Adma- Tademe turned in his gold bed threw back the
Who's What III he cried in startled voice
II say, Tadema, shouted Vedder where do You keep
the scissors that you trim your cuffs wthg Washing
ton star.
on Berkeley Glitch car coming downtown the other
day four women. When the conductor came for
Transfers. asked the in the uniform
III YOU please" replied the
lie gave her four. The women talking; and
the had paid the forgot pass the trans
fers around At the loop they all got or Three them
Went into near by TO do buying other
the who had the transfers-boarded a ColfaN car
When the conductor came in she handed him all four
slips of She thinking of things other than
transfer
The she had transfers and he looked
for the other three passengers. He didn't them.
Il beg your pardon, madam" he said, but where
the rest?'
The woman looked at him innocently
Why" she replied that's all the other conductor
me"-Denyer Post.
Tho widow in South Royalston who put Grape on her
doornob in order 20 induce neghbors call
TO a grewsome way Of stimulating socabity and may
hnd her regard in the consequent newspaper noorety
she has received but her example is likely to he
initiated. even by the loneliest The recalls
story which told of of the stagnant chill
towns illustrative of the desperate expedients the
inhabitants In search of excitement. was narrated
three young ladies dressed up" forth i'm
quest OF SeNctement' In pursuance of this purpose
they called at the first house any pretensons and
respectfully asked If they might the remains"
"Whyl There's nobody dead in this house," the
'"rhen, viii you tell where there is a house
with somebody dead I'm it? asked the spoSeswoman Of
the trio owe are dreadfully in need of excitement"-
Boston Transcript.
Senator Dollver Of Iowa tell a humorous story
we'll Mark Twain, and 10 the flavor of the
fun in the following one should listen as told by
him in his dry nimtabe way: Sugar was sugar when
was boy IL cost from 20 TO 30 cents pound that
time children were not allowed to eat quite as
much OF It they do nowadays II a rare occasion
sort OF family eyent-when barrel OF was brought
home At such times can well remember how the pre-
cious cask soemnly conveyed to the big closet
store under the stairway rolled inside and The
door carefully locked and the key turned to the
housekeeper
zone Of the many tragedies of my boyhood occurred
atefu day when she accidentally forgot lock that
suear-got caught a it--and before 1 could get M,
head out OF the barrel the erexercises beganJudge