After dinner stories by famous men : . ed the title W ...<W^ role ill the successful pro- duction of Omar, theTent-maker, tells of afriend of his, a verysteady and serious coun-try gentleman who joineda metropolitan club whichoffered the unusual ad-vantage of bedrooms forsuburban members duringtheir visits to the city. When next he cameto town he repaired tothe club and put up forthe night. Now, as amatter of fact, some time had elapsed since he hadbecome a member, and in the meantime the clubhad become very fashionable, and its hours corre-spondingly irregular. As was his custom my friendw
After dinner stories by famous men : . ed the title W ...<W^ role ill the successful pro- duction of Omar, theTent-maker, tells of afriend of his, a verysteady and serious coun-try gentleman who joineda metropolitan club whichoffered the unusual ad-vantage of bedrooms forsuburban members duringtheir visits to the city. When next he cameto town he repaired tothe club and put up forthe night. Now, as amatter of fact, some time had elapsed since he hadbecome a member, and in the meantime the clubhad become very fashionable, and its hours corre-spondingly irregular. As was his custom my friendwent to bed at an early hour when all was orderlyand the other members decorous and quiet. The following morning he appeared in the din-ing-room at his accustomed hour — eight oclock —but to his astonishment found all the tables de-void of coverings and the room empty, excejjtfor one uniformed attendant who was in the mid-dle of the dusting process. While he was gazingaround confusedly, a sleepy-eyed waiter By Famous ]Men 103 I beg pardon, sir/ he said, apologetically, * butno supjjers can be served after seven-thirty. PRESIDENT WILSOX, when Governor of NewJersey, M-as speaking at a dinner in Trenton. Astatesman, said he, according to the old-fash-ioned creed, must never change his mind. Achanged mind may indicate a splendid mental de-velopment, but the old-fashioned are sure to callit inconsistency, and they are sure to come back atthe inconsistent statesman as tellingly as the oldI^arishioner came back at his pastor. A certain young pastor announced nervouslyone morning, I will take for my text the words, And they fed five people with five thousandloaves of bread and two thousand fishes. At this misquotation tlie old jiarishioner, fromhis scat in the amen corner, said audibly, Thatsno miracle — I could do it myself. The young preacher said nothing at the time,but the next Sunday he announced the same time he got it right, And tliey fed five tho
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