The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-19
WHERE ALGEBRA FANS.

| OAfE0l IN DIS IoucIbl COuntiy
l.. I. business was brisk.
To be sure there were no buyers In the
store, but Joe GlSh and his cousin 81 Corno-
hum, Of AoTiches wore on the Job, sInoking
Ave cant straight Cuban Blossoms and dis
GUSHING the weather. Unole Oak, who nao
not been listening very attentively, ceased
| to stroke his whiskers and butted in sud
| denly with a remark that apparently nao
] no relation to the subject In hand.
Joe he said, lets you ar 81 an form
q Formulation an Combination Assooia-
ton
Mr.. Glsh eyed Uncle Oak with a dlstrust-
full air. .
swhat In Sam Hill idee's got in your head
now. oakley?' he inquired cautiously. 'Jess
what d'you mean by q Formulation an Com.
i blnatlon Associationf / mover heard tell
OF sioh a thing
"Weli,' Uncle Oakley answered, tits jest
this way. Ny son T~heophilus 10 a-studytn'
algebra, advancin' algebra to DO aco'rate'
TIL other day he come home an told me he
was a-studyin' permutations and comoina-
| tons.
sof course l know as we'll as any one else
what a combination lie. II / should marry
Mehitable Filter is would be q combination,
an a very bad one, from my point OF view,
| though I've no doubt she'd like 1t well
enough.
"A trust is q combination. So is the lock
on Judge Smith's safe. Two an two make
four is a combination, though there's some
people In this town who amt capable OF
even that.
SWell, you know what a combination is.
Now q Formulation, as I understand 1t, Ii
| shiftin' combinations or mixin' EN- up, jest
as you shuttle tn cards. Divorce ig a per-
mutation. In divorce you change tn COM
binAtion. / mean, Of course, when one OF
| the dlvoroers remarries.
Do tXOg n. mean "a LII like S, Bob A + esTBTte cf Sact
an forth to tn city every day
mo. no. no,I Uncle Oak Interrupts SEsr = 70
do with pernute. What ] mean 10 this:
II Mrs. Jones gets divorced from Mr.. Jones
and marries Mr.. Smith. who must be a
bachelor or q widower to avoid bigamy,
gets divorced from Mrs. Smith and marriee
Mrs. Jones, who has just divorced herself
from Mr.. Jones. maybe goin' all the way
to South Dakota for tn purpose, that's o
better sample Of perturbation. Now d'you
gether what / meanf'
sHy-Euy, l think I see tn pint you're
a-tryin' to make" Mr.. Gish said refectively;
sbut what d'you mean by us formin' a
| Formulation and Combination Association?
can't see what good that's a-goin, to 90 ps.
| divorce business it's too darned expensive
fer poor folks"
sThere's no reason why it should be-
Uncle Oak retorted with some warmth.
9Th idee I had In min 10 another applioa-
ton Of tn principle.
why can't it be applied to mealsi Go
home an explain 1t to your wife. b can
then proceed to compile a list OF all eh'
things suitable for breakfast. dinner an
Ely judiciously permutin' about tn
| articles on tn list you q have q different
| meal every day fer a month. By tn end OF
tn month nobody d mind havin' tn same
meal over agin.
ITO be lone properly there sh'd be three
lists -one fer breakfast. one fer dinner IN
one fer supper. That d prevent you
from gittin' mince pie fer breakfast an
6apjackB fer supper
mented, -f l only knew how my wife ID
take to 1t I'd propose it to her. But they''s
no tellin' what lotion a woman will GIT In
her head.
'n they'd only apply tn FORMULATION
tinued Uncle Oak with rising enthusiasm.
There's 30 many Republicans that aim
to be nominated for President at tn next
convention that to avoid hard feelin's an
prevent acrimony tn convention sh'd
adopt ii in self-protection.
There's Vioe-President Fairbanks wants
| tn nomination, an Uncle Joe Cannon, who
! firmly but kindly refuses it. though he'd
20 half way to meet 1t any day, an Gov.
Hughes, who's In tn logical order OF suo-
o~ession, an Senator Foraker, who doesn't
expect IL an therefore won't be disap-
p'inted in not gittln' Il, a n Secretary Taft.
who's tn only man big enough fer tn job.
not to speak Of President Roosevelt, who's
in a fair way to git 1t anyhow.
Such q pile Of 'em 1t seems sometimes
as IL it ID have to be settled by lot. But
that ID be Ridiculous. No one d be
satisfied.
Nov. / propose tn problem be disposed OF
by Formulation. Let all tn names be
combined In various combinations: Fair
banks and Cannon, Cannon and Hughes,
Hughes and Taft, Taft and Foraker. Foraker
and Roosevelt, and 30 on till all tn possible
combinations had been exhausted.
.Then let tn convention vote on EN-
| ell soms ono received a majority. All
hard feelin' ID be cast aside In tn knowl-
edge that tn system had been perfectly
sYes, SIR Unole Oak concluded impress
siyely, spermutation ID save tn Repub-
tican party from disruption, The right
men d be nominated an tn country d
be safe -.
sHy-guy. mebbe that's all right said
Joe Gish with a sigh, but II don't do me no
good. I'm a Democrat