Evening journal., 1908-03-31
Personal and Pertinent
N actor said at The Players club:

An actor said at the Players Clubs
TT s always a delight TO tour with Eddie Foy Foy
Fitzgerald certainly wish was going out with the
dear follow in Hamlet
Once in the town Of Keokul, Foy and went into a
with him, Toy eppled his handkerchief his
Young man. you have missed your vocation. You
ought 10 be an oyster opener"
Postmaster General Meyer, at a dinner in Washing
tor, was advocating postal banks.
These banks" he said. have many good points and
90 few bad ones that they who find fault with them
have TO exaggerate dwell their defects like an old
librarian / used TO know.
This librarian was very strict and censorious Once
when was 10y, returned volume OF Scott to him
He as usual looked closely into the books condition
before marking it of on my card.
Page So he said glar.ng me over his spectacles
a hole Then he turned the leaf Page sO' he added
another hole"
Cyrus Townsend Brady the eminent author clergy
man, told at dinner in Toledo story about charity
"A millionaire" said DR.. Brady LAY dying. He had
lived a life Of which, he looked back on it. he
felt none too proud To the minister at his bedside
"It I leave hundred thousand dollars or so to the
church. VIII salvation be assuredr
''rhe minister answered cautiously:
trying"
The young Duchess Of Marlborough. during her re-
cent visit to the Tombs, said Of pride OF birth;
The English aristocrat is very proud Of his lineage
but not nearly proud the German.
"A German once fell from Hamburg American liner
into the sea, ano sailor. seeing him disappear with
splash, shouted
Man overboardr
The German. he came up yelled haughtily
10 tho sailor:
what do you mean with your Man overboard?r
Graf Hermann Finkenstein, Duke Of Suaba and,
Prince Of the Holy Roman Empire is overheard"
The Rev William r. Huntington, Of New York sad
recently that II dangerous be a railway
brakeman than to be murderer and proved his asser
ton with statistics showing that one murderer in 40
was hange1, whereas one brakeman in 80 killed.
Discussing this startling fact the other day Hunt
ngon said that the widespread spirit of seshness
no doubt responsible
I'VE incline" he said, ito put far aheaa
OF ether people We could all better New Year
resolution than to be less selfish. is we are too
much like the art student.
There was, you know poor Vermont art student who
consin
"rhe vermonter out one morning to do the mar
ketng and brought home two chops. He laid them on
the table, and the cat leaped up and devoured one
Hang It, he said TO his Wisconsin friend the cat has
eaien your chop"
James Idin the wel-known railway magnate, was
taking IN Kansas City about railway economy
Economy is excellent" he said. but even economy
must not be carried excess Railways must not be
managed as certain New York neckte manufacturer
manages MS business A drummer in this mans employ
thus: ~
we have received your letter with expense account
Wna VIC want Is orders We have big to make
cents for billiards don't buy any more BILLIARDS
Also We see S225 for horse and buggy Where is the
morse ard what did you do with buggy2 The rest Of
yoar expense account nothing bed WHY is II vor
don't ride more in the night time?
Jonn Gays you should stop In Boston where his
cousin george Moore lives John says you should sell
moore good d. Give good prices-he is Johns cousin
Sell him mostly Tor Also John saws Won can Iesv
Roston al ii5 IN the night get 10 Concord al ss In
the morning DO this-and you won't need any bed
Ana remember what We want s ordsrs'"