The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-04-24
OUR Boz AMONG
BIG PEOPLE
TELLS or HIS RECEPTION AT
WASHINGTON AND HIS RICH
ASSOCIATES.
DINED WITH CARDINAL GIBBONS
And Told His Eminence a rev Jokes.
Ate of Gold Dishes With Gold
Spoons and Forks.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 19.-The
Nashville Tennessean contains the
following interesting account of Sena
tor Taylor's arrival in Nashville:
Senator Bob Taylor, looking the
picture of health, and wearing his sen
atorial toga as unassumingly as in the
DAYS he spent on the Tennessee hust
ings campaigning for it, and as jolly
as ever, is in the city.
He arrived yesterday morning from
Waruace. where he delivered a lee.
ture Saturday night, and is stopping
at the Tulane hotel.
Tonight, at the Ryman auditorium,
he will deliver his lecture, Castles
in the Air, with a few new trimmings,
which he has added since it was last
heard, over 1000 tickets have al
ready been sold for the engagement
and as usual crowded house will
listen to Tennessee's idol, her Apostle
Of Sunshine"
He's Getting Uppish."
For two hours he entertained his
listeners in his peculiar and delight
full style. Il have been associating
with the great men of earth" he said.
In fact, it has been getting so lately
that nobody can see me unless they
send up their card"
why, there are several of us in
the senate that are worth S10,000,000,"
he continued. "Me and Guggenheim
are worth $6OOOO,O00, and me and Ell
kins are worth $2O,OOO,OOO and Aldrich
and few of the other boys are worth
$4,000, 900. while the rest represent
all the other millions"
Il have been banquetting, too" and
then he told Of a banquet given in
honor of Cardinal Gibbons the other
night, which he attended
Me and my wife got an invitation
to go" said "Our Bob" "and as we
had never seen a cardinal, we decided
to take a look at one. The cardinal
took me into the smoking room after
the spread was over and asked me to
tell him a yarn. | threw four or five
under his belt and we had big time
In fact, am not associating with any
body now but cardinals"
Then he repeated some of the sto-
ries he told the head of the Catholic
church in America
Hes a great and wonderful man"
continued the senator; "a broad-mind-
ed, intellectual scholar and he's writ
ten some wonderful books, although
he's over 20 years old, he looks to be
under so.
when we went in the cardinal was
standing with his scarlet robe on and
esp, and the guests passed before him. |
| let the italian ambassador go first |
and the Austrian ambassador follow
ed. Each of them kissed his hand as
they passed. / told my wife if it had
been ladys hand would be right in
'or the kissing but deuced if | was
5oing to kiss any mans hands, SO l
lust gave the cardinal a shake. /
ldn't know what to call him, but
hey told me to call him His Emf
renee. so | said Your Eminence.'"
Having the "Time of His Life"
Eyes, indeed, I have been associating
With the big ones, and am having the
ime of my life" he continued. 81
lave met dukes and cardinals and
and cabinet officers and
he President and generals and sena-
ors, and I'm really not associating
With common folks at all"
And thus he talked and spun stories
While his friends roared with laugh
err.
"Why, they had solid gold dishes on
he table at that banquet given to me
nd the cardinal They We're as big
S water buckets gold spoons, gold
hives and forks and everything was
old. There was so many curious
1ings at my plate didn't know what
, do with them but sat close to the ,
ardinal and as he picked up those
t his plate and began using them I
Guild do the same with mine"
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