After dinner stories by famous men : . d said: Oh, whats the matter with yoii? (aiit yourun down just as many ))eo])le as ever? Yes, said the ex-chaufreur, I can, but for-merly I could pick and choose. 100 After J)inner Stories FIN LEY J. SHEPARD,Avlio came into newspaperlame by his marriage toHelen Gould, is quite aman on his own account,with a goodly repertoireof stories. In the southern partof Arkansas, relates Shep, where the na-tives take life easy, a manand his wife were one daysitting on the porch whena funeral jjrocession passedthe house. The man wascomfortably seated in achair which w
After dinner stories by famous men : . d said: Oh, whats the matter with yoii? (aiit yourun down just as many ))eo])le as ever? Yes, said the ex-chaufreur, I can, but for-merly I could pick and choose. 100 After J)inner Stories FIN LEY J. SHEPARD,Avlio came into newspaperlame by his marriage toHelen Gould, is quite aman on his own account,with a goodly repertoireof stories. In the southern partof Arkansas, relates Shep, where the na-tives take life easy, a manand his wife were one daysitting on the porch whena funeral jjrocession passedthe house. The man wascomfortably seated in achair which was tilted backon its hind legs against the side of the house, andwas engaged in whittling on a piece of wood. Asthe procession proceeded he said, I reckon olman Williams has got about the biggest funeralthats ever been held around hyear, Caroline. A purty good-sized one, is it. Bud. queriedthe wife, making no effort to move. You betcher! Bud answered. I certainly would like to see it, said thewoman. What a ]nty I aint facing that way!. XEHEMIAII DAY SPERRY, who is in Congressfrom Connecticut, in answer to some pointed ques-tions regarding woman-suffrage, told this story: By Famous ]Men 107 It was at a Washington dinner. The hostess,a pronounced heliever that women shoukl vote,smiled a smile of rare pleasure. She reflected com-placently that she had captured a cabinet officer forthe dinner. The conversation was bowling alongsmoothly, and she leaned forward to listen. With due regard to the fair sex/ said theguest of honour, pleasantly, still I must insist thatno woman can devote all her time to the question ofsuffrage without neglecting her household and chil-dren. Xot at all, smiled the hostess. * I think Ican persuade you to the contrary if you — Shepaused, observed that he was staring with wide-open eyes at the doorway. A tiny, nude figurestood there. Mamma, ])iped a shrill voice, Clarys in thekitchen, and I tant find my nighty. SENATOR REED SMOOT tells a story about acerta
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