. Kings of the platform and pulpit ... : personal reminiscences and anecdotes of noted Americans. s wore hig hair straight until after hia severeillness in Salt Lake City. So much of it dropped off during hia recovery that he became 0is-satisfled with the long meager appearance his countenance presented when he surveyed it inthe looking-glass. Afterhisleotureat the Salt Lake City Theatre he did not lecture againuntil we had crossed the Kooky Mountains and arrived at Denver City, the capital of Colo-rado. On the afternoon he waa to lecture there, I met him coming out of an ironmongersstore with
. Kings of the platform and pulpit ... : personal reminiscences and anecdotes of noted Americans. s wore hig hair straight until after hia severeillness in Salt Lake City. So much of it dropped off during hia recovery that he became 0is-satisfled with the long meager appearance his countenance presented when he surveyed it inthe looking-glass. Afterhisleotureat the Salt Lake City Theatre he did not lecture againuntil we had crossed the Kooky Mountains and arrived at Denver City, the capital of Colo-rado. On the afternoon he waa to lecture there, I met him coming out of an ironmongersstore with a small parcel in hia hand. I want you, old fellow, he aaid; I have been allround thecityfor them, and Ivegotthem at last. Got what? 1 aaked. A pair ofcurling-tongs. 1 am going to have my hair curled to lecture in to-night. I mean to crossthe plains in curls. Comehome withmeandtry tocurl itforme. I dont want to go to anyidiot of a barber to be laughed at. I played the part of friteur. Subsequently he becamehis own ourlist, as he phrased it. From that day forth Artemua waa a curly-haired
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