Show TALES OF THE DAY How a Cuban Gentleman Spoke Bag HsJi Uncle Steve Molten is famous in Jacksonville Jack-sonville for his liberal dispensation of charity and cuss words says the Florida TimesUnion He does not use cuss words in a profane way but simply as a matter of economics He finds in his fish house that he can get more work out of his col ortd assistants when he uses forcible expletives ex-pletives I Some months ago a friend came to him i and said A friend of mine a very wealthy weal-thy Cuban gentleman Is coming to this country to start a large clgarfactory He does not speak a word of English and his desire is to rent a room in some family where English alone is spoken in order that he may master the language Let him come to my house said I Uncle Steve bluflly and so the arrangement arrange-ment was made f After having been there about a month the foreign gentleman was introduced to a lady He uowed low and with his hat hand over his heart said Ah senora Im dd if I aint glad to meet you A Trille Slow to See the Point Obtuseness of Englishmen in appreciating appre-ciating the point of a story was cleverly illustrated recently in a yarn spun on a sofa in the story tellers angle as one of the corners in the house of representatives representa-tives Is designated An American and an Englishman were doing the old country on foot and at a cross road they came to a sign ppst which gave the distance from that point to the nearest town stating the number of miles in figures Beneath this was the inscription ii you cant read or write r 3k the blacksmith opposite and he will direct di-rect you oh your way The humor of this suggestion was appreciated ap-preciated instantly by the American who laughed uproariously while the English mans face was expressionless as the chalky cUffs of Dover After the pair had trudged three or four miles the Englishman English-man suddenly burst into a loud and bois terous laugh to the amazement of his American companion What on earth are you laughing at so heartily asked the Yankee Why the point of that sign board inscription in-scription has just become apparent to me replied the Englishman Suppose the bloomin blacksmith wasnt there to give the necessary directions Chicago Tribune |