Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23
Anecdotes Concerning
We11-Known PEOPLE
Getting Round It.


A Chicago physician said the other day
of the late DR.. Nicholas Sem. the cele-
brated surgeon:
Il studied under DR.. Sem when he was
professor of surgery at Rush Medical
College. 1 remember how. one day. he
asked me question that I did not know,
and in order to hide my ignorance l gave
an ambiguous answer.
'Dr. Sem smiled.
'He said | reminded him of a school
boy who, taking a written examination
in history. came to the question:
w hlch was the greater general, Gaze
sar or Hannibal?
The boy answere dthis question as fol-
lows:
If we consider who Caesar and Han
nibal were. and ask ours elves which of
them was the greater. we must unhesi-
tatngly answer in the Affirmative
A Hard Fall.
Jacob II. Schiff. on the way to Egypt
on the Caronia. was cr.ticising in the
smokeroom the tenor singing Of a young
man who gave, all by himself, a little
musicale every night after dinner.
with voice like that" said Mr.
Schiff. ''One is apt to meet with extraor-
binary eXper encos.
Il have friend with voice Ike that,
y
Gays nv friend made little tour of New
England, visiting many quaint old houses
many picturesque churches.
zone Sunday he went to church in Sa-
lem or Gloucester or some such place
and lifted UP his tenor voice in the
hymns and responses with a fervor and
force that made the congregation stare.
PLEASED with the attention he attract
ed. my friend threw back his head puffed
out his chest. and. abandoning the last
90 y,f
might and main. \ high note was ap-
preaching. He collected his powers tc
meet il. They werfe staring now-well
he would give them something to stare
for. What glorious thing this congre-
gational singing was. He must have
more of it every Sunday on his return
to New York.
"A heavy hand fell on his shoulder
| He turned with start and saw the sex
ton. an old. bent man, glow ring at him
Here. young Teller. hold your noise
said the sexton. in "A wheeZy whisper
audible all over the building. We pay
people TO do that here
Watered Stock.
Edward r. Emerson, the president OF
the American Wine Growers Association
came from Washingtonville to New YORK
the other day and lunched in Broadway
cafe with an editor
Mr. Emerson, naturally, is a connoisseul
cf wines. The editor deems himself some
thing of a connoiSseur, too and intro
duced Mr. Emerson with some pride t.
Rhine wiUe presumably of the famou:
% Vintage.
We'll lie said, "how do You like thi:
Rhine wine. Mr.. Emerson? Delicious
don't you Think"
Not bad" said Mr.. Smerson: only
fancy there's trile too much Rhine
| in IL"
Mental Crudity.
Miss Agnes Repplier AT Il dinner il
Philadelphia repeated an overheard con.
versation as an example of mental crud
ity.
1T was" she said. at reading
won't say where-that this conversatio
was overheard. y young man and d cir
conducted it. Ii ran like this:
Good crowd here
" 'Yes-Iiterary, too
." oh, very. are you fond Of literature?
oh. very. just dote on it
- suppose you Tx. Shakespeare. eh?
ION, yes, indeed. DO you?
Very much. like Dryden. too
- so 60 VERY much indeed
" Do you like Brown! g?
" Oh. very much DO You like Gold
smith,
~ adore him. And Byron. do you like
him.
"'Oh. yes. naturally DO you like Shell
ley
| Very. very much. And Pope
Hes fine. I'll tell YOU a good writer.
| WHO:
Milton
- Yes he is good, isn't hep
'Atterward." said Mss Repplier. THE
young man told his friends that the youne
girl was wonderfully we'll Rad, while SHE
DECLARED OF him: oh, he has read every
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