I cheater. Kent‘

ills- QRTONY TEWSON

cw a man who made a practice or writing sizzling letters to lime who oiiended him. Having re- loved hifieeiings he tore the letters sp. I oi him by a story about thfiamous Dr. Kennedy, Pro- lessor oi Greek and Dean oi Ely, who wrote aI-itln Grammar which he ionsidcrcd was the last word on the nlbioct-ﬁéjgips. not without Jilsti- lcatlrm. Biker, ‘a iriend sponsoreda new Intirriiiilimmar and seritacopy bi it to t_he,>Dean with his compli- ncnta.

O O O

By mum ninil the book went back to its writeljwlth this note:

"I send: you back your Grammar which you‘ have not hesitated in the rleptha oi your ilnpertinencs to send mo.” _. v

A mall or two later the brow- beaten onegot a second letter. It read: ' "

"Dear So-and-so.

I am ail-aid! wrote you a. very hasty note yesterday. - The stupid servant posted it; but it was never intended to be posted. My daughter Julia generally sees to these things, but uniortlmately she was out."

' _ a a e

Speaking '4 _'.Deans recalls a story about _an eminent Dean oi Canter- bury, renowiiedier his enthusiasm ior leetdtauamj ‘sis had accepted an in- vitation to tab the chair at a tem- perance inning w be held at m- (Memories oi Dick- ens!) Instead ci alighting at accli- aatar, howevain. he aiaSent-mindedly went on toiiondon, and iouiid it im- possible to appear at the meeting.

Dean Hole. oLRochesteF-a cheery wit-informed“. oi what had happened lo his brother divine. chuckled:

t "That's the worst oi these temper-

m.» Aw/n/ . Corns

for? ffiot L amps

t‘ PUTINAMS Corn Extractor

ancc iolk-they navds know when to atop." IO O O

And mention oi Canterbury gives meanopcningtcpsssaiongatit-bit iatherod by lir it. Murray nysloo. a prominentfMethodist. who told it at a recent London" church itAis a "speoial'_'.icr boning ians. An was "doing" Canterbury Cathedral.

"This is the tomb oi ‘Thomas A. Becket," said the guide.

"chi" exclaimed the tourist». with sudden interest. "Then he did ﬁght Jack Dempsey aiter‘ all!"

O O O

Which is no less musing than the on; told by Charles B. Cochran, the Ziegfeld oi London and one-time pro- moter oi international boxing match- as. Cochran. who makes it a rulato personally welcome at the station his ioreign celebrities-stage and boxing -went one night to Victoria station to meet Signor Plrandello. the ital- ian playwright. a series oi whose plays he was about to produce. A porter, recognizing Cochran, asked:

“who are you meeﬂn‘ tonight. sir?"

"Signor Pirandello." replied Coch- ran. ~ '

"’Oo's ‘o iightinW" came back the porter.

O O O

There was a iabulous waste 01ml" on the part oi many learned students grid philosophers oi the Middle Ages who believed that they could discov- er the secret oi perpetual motion. de- clsres stun-t Chase (in "Mm and Machines"). The law oi the conser- vation oi energy was unknown then. About {a close toperpetual motion as man can ever attain is‘ a Nil-PW!“

bearings‘ which can be started with

given a. good twist. it willsPin tol-

' many ham.

A long-lived rcprimad to undisoem-

‘ ing parents who couldn't ace ‘limb!!!

in the young chap their dllllm" wanted to marry. became eileetiveon October 25, 1764. when John Adams. m 955mg. young Massachusetts law- yer, was married to Abigail 3mm‘!- second daughter otths Rev. William

Smith oi Weymouth. For some NI-

unsurpassed

wheel mounted on modern Bkeiko-

the weigwcr a silk handrail-chm. 1i .

son Father and Mother Smith- did hot approve oi young Adams.“ O O O

' But Abigail. who always knew what

she wanted. not only saw to it that Ibo married her Johili but chose the text ior bar own marriage sermon:

“John came neither eating bread nor ‘drinking wine. yet ye say that he hath a devil." .

Abby's John became second Presi- dent oi the United States and lather oi the sixth President. John Quincy Adams.

_ I O O

The year before John led Abigail to the altar. Mary Smith, Abby’s old- or sister. had married one Richard Crunch, evidently with complete pin‘- entai approval, observes Katharine Metcali Rooi (in “Colonel William Smith and Lady”). ior tile parson- iathcr preached their wedding ser- mon irom the text:

"And Mary hath chosen a good part which shall not be taken away from her." ~

O O O

When John Adams was in Philadel- phia in 1776 "ushering in a ilne boy," as he called thg Declaration oi 1n- dependcnce, Abby wrote to him:

“And by the way in the new code oi laws I desire you to remember the ‘ladies, and be-morc generous and iavorable’ to them than your ances- tors wcrc. Remem“ all husbands would be tyrants i! they could. Ii particular care and attention are not paid to the ladies we are determined to ioment a rebellion. and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or represen- “m.” ‘

5o that's how it all began!

Neitherioi the Wright brothers be- lievedin wasting words, even upon each other. ‘ﬂiiswas shown on sev- erai occasions, chirps LieutenantLesH "ul- .1. Maitland (in "Knights bi the Air") but one is particularly Out- standing because it reveals the practin cal side oi.’ their partnership. In the‘ late iall oi laoa both brothers were on hand when they were presented with the Michelin Prise, about $1,000. which was given in bank notes.‘

“Thank you," said Wilbur Wright,

as he accepted the award. ‘Then ha

stacks, gave one to his brother. and

put the .other into his: pockets. Or-

ville nodded. Wilbur nodded. "Neither

said a word. I _ ' . - ' a e O" »

In 1907. Wilbur Wright was asked

li he thought airplanes would ever ily from New York to Paris.

believe such nights wilrever be ieas- lble. Limitations oi motors and wind conditions make them impossible."

At the timeWilbur Wright made this observation. Charles A. Lind- bergh was iour years old.

I O O O

Soon alter ‘opting Nebraska as

his home. William Jennings Bryan

some ﬂfty speeches against the Re- publican Governoroi thcﬂtate, Then

speakers at a. 8t. Patrick's flly meet- ing at which the Governor. was pre- sent. NaturaIIyfWaT-B. was a little nervous-a triﬂe embarrassed. O O O

The program was a varied one-an instr, selection. s declsmstion, a song. etc. Tile Governor rose and read from the list prepared for him:

"The next number "u Mr._w. .7. Bryan." " ‘

"A8 l Subbed forward." [chuckled Bryan in telling the story-itiia in M. R. Warner's biography 0i the Great Commoner-"the Governor ad- ‘vanced and ex nded his hand. It ran through my min that he was a kind’ old iellow. Then he drew me toward him and said in a hoarse whisper:

“'Do ‘you speak or sing?"

O O I '

a kindly . lhiscence oi Hebert bouia Stevenson is credited to Sir Charles Wakcneid. iormer Lord Mayor

l oi London, whofwhen in Samoa got

to‘ know Louis very-well. "oil the day I sailed for home Ete- venwn. who was fer irom well. saw

i.. .-... ‘y¢.. .

I Judging them by any standard ‘that _Vmeesures the merit '

of a braking system, owners lisvc Found the Dodge 4-‘wheel

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‘v

- ccss to radiate happiness." . It madaauch a-deep impression on"

calmly counted thg notes into two

“No." he answered-being intensely practical and conservativo-"I do not

launched into local politics and made.

one day. he round himselionq oi the

ms oil.‘ recalls Bar Onarill. “Good- ‘bx- Wakeﬁeld." he said, till your liic with ‘laughter and sun-f shine. mt is the best klnfoi ruc-

the iuture Lord Mayor that he later ‘resist-mo “Cheers. London." as his cable and telegraphic. address. O O O

Phil May..iamous "Punch" artist- What a genius he wast-was a liberal spender and. as a consequence, was oitsn “stoney broke." On one such occasion be went to the-once oi "Punch" to see ii he could “put his pawcn any looscsugaﬂssha phras- ed it.

_ ‘There's a bailii! in possession in the iront kitchen. and-J’ began Phil to the kindly cashier. _

He was interrupted by that oﬂoial. who knew his Phil. and reminded that he had once ironically proclaim- ed the advantage oi always having a man in possession-it saved the ex- pensq 0t a valet.

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“You interrupt mo." wsrblod May. soitly. "Let me ilniah what I hsveto There is a bailii! in possession oi the iront kitchen. and he doesn't hit it with ‘the icilow who's in pos- session oi the back kitchen, The iront kitchen ieilow is a tcctotaller and the hack kitchen chap flikes his drop.’ l; wouldn't care. but they‘ mect intbe hall" to srgue- it out. frills very sitar-v noon. as Iieii; they wire both snail ‘oiled.’ and were pulling oi! their coats ttnsettlo, thelpointa in diiier- cnoe, -'rhc endurance oi the artistic temperament has its limit. and—and I've leit my lull-page drawing un- nnished until I can compose my mind." ‘ p ’

After a prolonged look at Phil, rc- mlniacca J. B. Booth. (in "Old Pink ’Un_ Days"). and shaking. his head sadly. ‘the; cums: Produced some Pgﬁggry".

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