Show Ii TALES OF THE DAYS DAY-S Speech Against Banquet ExGovernor Peck i of Wisconsin tells this on himself cIt was some Grand Army affair I < dont recollect what I was to speak In one room and upstairs the relief was serving dinner to the Grand Army men 300 at a time Ono batch was safely at the table when I was introduced Intro-duced and I stood up to give what I had fixed up as a pretty presentable speech I had no sooner begun with what seemed a neat Introduction vhen the cook clad in a suggestive white apron appeared in the doorway at the back of the hall and announced In an ofdirary tone of voice There Is room now for about COO at the tables tableVell Well there were about COO In my audience au-dience and the crowd to a man got up and started for the door And there I was left with no audience and no dinner I managed to call to them as they went that that settled it that I had talked against brass band and a horse race but hev before against a banquet in full swing < f Recognized Warner While Charles Dudley Warner as it Is l related was a guest at an oldtime southern south-ern home near Nashville he exprcs edt ed-t r co < 1 a desire to see a real typical negro So tho most loquacious old aunty was brought In To the surprise of everyone she would not say a word beyond yes < 1 sah or No sah After the departure of tho distinguished guest she was nsked tho reason of her silence With as much i dignity and scorn as a grande dame aunty replied Ugh I want gwine talk to dat Yankee I knowed him soon as I r seed de dat stole him Hes very one i mlstiss silver duin de wah I I I |