Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-06-10 | Page 4 | His Tokens of Farewell

lOS IQS TOKENS TOI OF FAREWELL FARE ELL Among tho legends that have gath ored around Sir Alfred AUred Jones Jonos name Is one ono to the tho effect that ho he was in inthe inthe the tho habit of or signifying to an office visitor by offering him a banana that ho desired do to end the tho interview If It the banana was waa accepted and the call eaU prolonged Sir Alfred arose and presented his visitor with a fine tine tUmor flower from one ono of or the tho glass stand In his office But supposing his hla visitor stayed after tho the flower Well the legend continues Sir Alfred AUred then thon offered a pass to tho the West Indies on one ono ot or hi his small steamers with a free treo holiday for tor six weeks at his hotel It Is I told however that on one occasion oc caslon casion Sir Alfred got the worst of or th the banana trick A young reporter called on him to learn on behalf o ohis or of his newspaper something about th the shipping conflict confect When after aler ten seconds conversation regarding th time the weather Sir Alfreds hand han was stray strayIng strayIng straying Ing toward tho the banana plate the tho re reporter reporter reporter porter hooked a n couple of bananas out of or his own pocket In tho the sweet cot tone of ot innocence he ho said Will you have havo a IL banana Sir Alfred AUred 1 Westminister Gazette I m