The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-05
DROVE FAT MAN OFF CAR
Successful Practical Joke Eddie Toy
10 Said to Have "Pulied on"
In New York.

They are telling In Broadway a
story about Eddie Foy and George Co
han.
Eoy and Cohan one autumn after
noon sat side by side in Fifth avenue
bus when fat. gaudily dressed man
entered. his manicured and scented
hands covered with huge rings.
George" said Foy, Il don't like that
fellows looks. and I'm going to make
him get out before we reach Madison
Square"
"All right, Eddie" said Cohan calm.
ly.
Foy fixed his gaze on the fat mans
glittering hands, and a change came
over his face. His eyes seemed dull
and staring. His Jaw hung slack and
| loose.
me want ring!" he shouted sudden.
ly. and he pointed at the fat mans
, hands and at the same time jumped up
and down In his seat and waggled his
elbows up and down in the air, just
like a baby. Ring! Me want ring!"
Cohan took the cue at once.
Hide your hands," he said quickly
to the fat man. "Your rings bother
him"
The fat man frowned uneasily, but
he would not hide his hands.
ring! Ring! Me want ring!" re-
peated Foy. and Conan, as he strove
to hold his friend still. said:
! Don't give him a ring!"
"Huh! I guess l won't" growled
) the gaudy fat man. "Give him a ring
. indeed" And he looked at his dia-
monds complacently.
Foy's eyes were now shining. His
! fAce was red and contorted. He hoped
mp and down and wagsled his arms
more vehemently than ever. me
! want ring!" he roared. ring! Ring"
For heavens sake" said Conan.
hide your hands. man! Don't You zee
. you're bringing on one Of his spellsf
Hide your hands, or. BY heavens, !
won't b responsible for the conse-
I quences."
A little pale by now. the fat man
reluctantly put both hands behind his
back. This 10 the limit" he said. ap-
pealing to the other passengers.
idiots riding in omnibuses! Amt
that the limit, friends?"
But Foy leaped to his feet. Ring!
he reared. and he leaned on the fat
mans shoulders. "Give me ring!"
Conan now seemed to lose all pa.
tience.
"Oh. hang It," he said. give him q
ring or two, and let US have some
peace. Can't you see I've lost my pow
er over him?"
But the fat man. tearing his pudgy
hand from the persistent Foy's grasp.
rose and ran full tilt for the door.
Conductor. stop!" he shouted.
And he leaped on two blocks before
Madison Square was reached.
FoIk's Good Opinion.
Few persons do not value the good
opinion Of others. Pulling down the
character Of someone is not the way
to build up your own; the ruin Of an
other does not mean your building up.
There are some who appear to think
another's possessions something taken
from themselves. This is a mistake.
To point out an error In another's
character is not to prove correspond
ing virtue In ones own. II We decry
another for being misery, Of disagree
able disposition, extravagant or stu
pid, and expect the hearer to see the
corresponding virtue In ourselves.
we need to learn that this is not what
the hearer usually sees. Rather he
thinks how unkind such talk Ia and
attention il called to failings In the
speaker which would probably other
wise not have been noticed. Let your
chief aim be to make yourself worthy
OF the good opinion Of others. Belt
Ting them is a plain acknowledg.
ment Of Q conscious fault Of your own
The way to win the good opinion Of
others Ii to be worthy of IT. II you
are you win not need to call attention
!, to it-Milwaukee Journal