Show blacksmiths ith of f s story had a point many politicians elected to small offices will see little humor in this but it Is illustrative of 0 the vanity that inflates some men congressman Cong Congre saman jenkins of wisconsin who recently introduced a measure looking toward the governmental seizure of the coal mines was talk ing the other day about the vanity that inflates some men when they achieve success in life in my bo hood he said I 1 re member pember how a man from my town wa elected to a minor political of flee fice and got so puffed up about it that he would speak to any one on the street one day a blacksmith who had electioneered for this man entered his office and extended his hand but the other tailed failed to see the band hand and said I 1 don t remember you sir the blacksmith looked around A half dozen men were present and to these he addressed himself gentlemen he said this here reminds me of the mayor that they elected once in my wife a town they elected more for a joke than any thing else an old to the mayoralty they made him buy a froal coat and a white tie and a plug hat and they persuaded him to ilde around in a calltop buggy it was a change I 1 tell you well his wife met him at the house door on his first day in the office and he passed her by without looking at her he was grand you see in his plug hat and white tie but she only had on her working clothes and her sleeves were rolled up why james she says nearly crying why don t you know me james 0 how can I 1 know you mary says he how can I 1 know you when I 1 don dont t know myself now there are other men besides that mayor the blacksmith ended who dont don t know themselves and he grinned at his embarrassed audience and walked out new york sun |