Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01

where he had once nodded on the bench, over
come by temporary fatigue, he was DAY of
Rest. And when he received his barOnetcv
the jokeslniths did not lose the opportunity
of saying that Day had been turned into
Knight.
It,was of an Irish Judge of the same name
that Lord Plunket made jest that survives
in the anthologies. "If cause were tried
before Day." said Plunket, at would be
tried in the dark" OF course this Joke was
revived and repointed against Sir John.
MO wonder that the victim turns at last,
~ as did Theodore Walker, Kentucky
lawyer, when he was introduced to Governor
Hogg of Texas!
walker? Walker" the Governor que
ried. "Are you the original?
"No, Governor Hogg. Are you:
MORE good natured was Crisis retort to
A'A Gar Nicholas. That famous singer,
it will be remembered, was married to an
other famous singer, Mario. One day she
and her children met the Gar in the streets
of st. Petersburg.
"Are these Grisettes? he asked with
qulZZlcal smile.
"No, YOUR Majesty: AIarionettes
p EAR ADMIRAL STEPHEN B. LUCE
~ is credited with quite as good a joke
upon his own name AS a Young man he
was extremely popular with the smart set at
Newport. On the same ship with him was
stern disciplinarian, ever on the lookout for
some dereliction of duty. One evening Luce,
after a round of pleasures met this martinez,
who remarked sharply:
MIR. Luce, you re tight
"Pardon me, Sir, was the quick retort,
IF Stephen B. Luce, how can he be Tight"
TEAM DE RESZKE was once guest at a
= large party given to a number of distin-
guished musicians. In the course of the
evening one of the company put the some
what tactless question:
"Who is the most popular artist on the
musical stage"
"Pas de Reszke." flashed back the famous
singer, thus punningly denying his own
claim and in its stead asserting that of the
great Paderewski.
IN the old DAYS, when New York's Harlem
was known as GOatville, after some of its
most conspicuous inhabitants, the Central
railroad trains would pass boulder after
boulder painted over with advertisements
in vivid colors.
]. Pierpont Morgan, younger then than
he is now, was riding out of the depot with a
friend, when his hat. blowing off, was seized
by vagrant goat, which began to devour it.
l he friend was too much amused to offer
any sympathy.
"Deuced intelligent goat that" he said.
"See how he obeys the orders of the owner
of the field" And he pointed to large sign
that read, Chew A1organ's Plug"
WHEN John S. Wise was practising at
the Virginia bar he was once opposed
by lawyer named Bliss. Becoming i'm
patient at his opponents reluctance to see
point, Mr.. Wise is said to have called him an
ignoramuS.
THAT being the case" responded Mr..
Bliss, Il submit that where ignorance is
Bliss It's folly to be Wise, and | trust the
court will agree with me.
THE head of the Highland clan Mcintosh.
on his occasional visits to London, never
left behind him his native Highland hauteur.
Once he had a colloquy with a cabman whom
he suspected of trying to overcharge him.
The man exhibited a tendency to become in
dependent if not insolcnt.
Don't speak to me like that. Sir. cried
the Highland chief "DO YOU know who |