The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1911-06-29
Two Men That Knew.


calls an anecdote which Reed used Il
tell with glee. 1t was about his exam
| inatiOn for admission to the bar o.
! California. A young southerner cam,
before the Judge for examination a
the same time. The judge asked the
were constitutional, and the young
man answered without moments
hesitation. No" Then the judge turn
ed to Reed and asked him the same
question. Mr.. Reed with equal prompt
ness answered Yes"
Every WELL" said the judge. you are
both admitted. Two men who can
answer that question without hesita.
ton ought to be admitted to any bar"
The Beginning of Satin.
The discovery Of the principle of
the manufacture of satin was a pure
accident The discovery was made by
silk weaver named Octavio Mai.
During dull period Of business one
day he was pacing before his loom,
not knowing how to give a new i'm
machine each time he pulled short
threads from the warp and, following
an old habit. put them into his mouth
and rolled them about. soon after
splitting them upon the floor Later he
discovered little ball Of silk upon the
floor Of his shop and was astonished at
the brilliancy Of the threads. He re-
peated the experiment and eventually
employed various mucilaginous prep
arations and succeeded in making satin.
A Sineeure.
One whose admiration for work is
so intense that he often thinks Of do
ing some himself was discoursing on
how he intended to acquire vast
amounts Of Drawn at the earliest pos
sible moment
What are you going to doT was
asked.
go right up into the country and
get job as a log chopper" replied
the other, just as IL he meant 1t. His
friend gazed at him sardonically.
an go right up with you" he said,
"and get job as a log."-New York
Times.
Thaekeray on the Hastings.
Talking Of Thackeray and his efforts
to get into parliament, Grant Duff in
his diary under the year 1875 notes
the predicament of the novelist when
he faced the electors.
HE III. X. Greenl gave me the most
account Of canvassing Ok
ford with Thackeray, whose want Of
power Of public speaking seems to
have been perfectly extraordinary.
On the hustings he utterly broke
down, and Green heard him say to
If / could only go into the
parlor for five minutes 1 could
write this out quite WE'LL"
Exasperatins.
All afternoon Mr.. Stub had been
moving pictures from one room to an
other, and his only reward was dust
and perspiration.
Hurry up, John" chided Mrs. |
Stubs impatiently. you will never
finish at that rate"
Mr.. Stubs removed the cobwebs
from his ford brow.
"Woman, do you think I'm a ma
elmer
Gracious, how funnyr'
Madam, may ask what's funnyY'
"Why, dear, If you were a machine
7ou would be a moving picture ma
.hine"
And then and there Mr.. Stubs
washed his hands and started for the
.lub.-Chicago News.
True Blue.
The expression true blue" which
We hear so often, has not even an
English parentage, but is said to have
zen Spanish saying which meant
hat the blood that filed the veins Of
he aristocracy of Spain was blue in
olor, while that of the inferior NOR
ais was more or less black, and the
roverb that true blue will never
tain, instead Of meaning. as it is
supposed. that "a noble
cart will never disgrace ITSELF" &C.
ually refers to the blue aprons"
worm by butchers on account of their
OF showing blood stains-a far lump
his from the blue blood of the haugh-
Spanish aristocrat to the humble
prom Of a butchers boy. - London
lueen. |,
All Brushed OF.
A Lady called at a chemists shop. d,
hen. after examining one or two ar.
lcles, remembered that she wanted
ONE cosmetic for the toilet and, turn. d,
lg to the chemist, asked. Have you
ny bloom of YOUTH"
The merchant. over whose head more a.,
han fifty summers had passed, turned D.,
one of his assistants and asked in a
usiness way, Have / any bloom of
outh leftT
The clerk looked up with a quiet v
mile and answered, II believe not I
r."-London Globe. a