Show John Hay No Faddist Tho late John Hay said a Chicagoan I Chica-goan had no belief in fads Ho held that we Americans In our Impetuosity wore given to fads overmuch It was this ono trait In us alone that would I ever suffice to shako Mr Hay out of i his exquisite equanimity Ho was walking with mo one day In London At Hyde Park corner a vegetarian from Frisco joined us anti as wo strolled onward this vegetarian talked hotly about the evils of meat eating trying it seemed to convert Mr Hay and mo to his fad Mr Hay listened patiently for quite half an hour Then suddenly ho stopped short Ho thumped the pavement with his walking stick Ho pointed eastward There he said stands Piccadilly There It has been for hundreds of years And there It will be when you and your potato beliefs are forgotten forgot-ten or |