After dinner stories by famous men : . e genius of the aero- **^*^ plane, while speaking reminiscently of hisearly experiments be-fore he and his broth-er really could fly, saidthose first trials re-minded him of an in-cident occurring a fewmonths ago in theGlacier National Park,the Governments won-derland of scenery inMontana. This park for themost part has to betraversed in the saddle, and the tenderfeet havesome amusing experiences with horses. The ani-mals are all, in Western parlance, of the dude variety, so accidents never happen, but the fearsof those who are unused to horseback riding
After dinner stories by famous men : . e genius of the aero- **^*^ plane, while speaking reminiscently of hisearly experiments be-fore he and his broth-er really could fly, saidthose first trials re-minded him of an in-cident occurring a fewmonths ago in theGlacier National Park,the Governments won-derland of scenery inMontana. This park for themost part has to betraversed in the saddle, and the tenderfeet havesome amusing experiences with horses. The ani-mals are all, in Western parlance, of the dude variety, so accidents never happen, but the fearsof those who are unused to horseback riding arevariously expressed. I watched the start of one such cavalcade fromone of the hotels. When all were in their saddles,the guides led off. A school teacher, who was hav-ing her first experience in the saddle, had difficultyin joining the procession. She was unfamiliar withthe words of command used in driving horses, and,wlien the animal persistently refused to start, sheshook the reins over his neck and said, sternly; Well, commence!. By Famous JSIen 123 JOHN D. LONG, Ex-secretary of the Navy, tellsrather a good joke about an old friend, now dead,who left behind him the reputation of never hav-ing been too tired or too ill to give or take a joke. During his last illness, a neighbour, knowinghis fondness for brandied peaches, sent over a smalljar. A few days later she called. My dear Louise, said the sick man, how canI ever thank you for those delicious brandiedpeaches ? I thought you would apj^reciate them, x\.lex-ander/ returned the caller modestly. Ah, yes; ah, yes, he assented, with a smile, and how much more I appreciated the sjiirit inwhich they were sent. EX-PRESIDENT FALLIERES of France tellsof a native evangelist who knew very little Eng-lish but who was fond, none the less, of speakingpublicly in the unfamiliar tongue. One Sunday hewas exhorting a congregation com))oscd chiefly ofAmericans and English and startled his hearersby launching forth into a prayer ending wit
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