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Show SLort Stories MOODY SAVED THE SLATE. Uo?tou JlertUd. A few years ago. before the Australian Aus-tralian ballot system was In use In election primaries. Attorney-General William H. Moody, who was then a lawyer in Haverhill, created no end of amusement by a remark that was Immediately Im-mediately turned Into a Joke and which has clung to the Cabinet member ever since. In those days the "slate," was usually made out before the caucus by the party par-ty leaders, and In this particular case "Bill" Jcffers hod been selected to present pre-sent tho "slate" to the assembled voters. vot-ers. It was new business for Jeffers, and he became a trifle nervous when he secured tho floor. He had the list of names of tho delegates in hl3 hat. Which he held In his hands as ho stood up to address the chairman. But. In his nervous plight, he seemed unable to read tho names, and stillness reigned for a few moments while he endeavored to gain control of hlo vocal organ. Mr. Moody was standing In the rear of the room, and after some time had been wasted by Jeffors in trying to gain his power of speech, Mr. Moody addressed tho chair, saying: "Mr. Chairman, I move that the list of names In BIJ1 Jeffers's hat be nomlnnted," and It was, nmtd suppressed laughter. WHAT SHE REMEMBERED. Detroit Fteo Preav "Now, Mrs. Jones," said the prosecuting prose-cuting attorney lo tho witness, "will you tell us what Mrs. Smith said Just before tho shooting?" Mrs. Jones Oh, that was so long ago that 1 can't remember what she did say. But she wore a plum-colored dress, with a bolero coat and applique on tho revere. And she wore a turban hat with a pompon on tho left side, and as 1 nm under oath I tell you now that It was a fright. Her skirt was made in seven gores with a long flounce-But flounce-But here the prosecuting attorney succeeded In breaking In on the line. EXPLAINS EPIGRAMS. George Bornard Shaw In Clarion. I told a He accidentally on the platform plat-form at Wakefield the other day. A workman corrected me afterward In private conversation. I assured him that it was pure Ignorance on my part. "Oh." he snid, with a slightly disappointed disap-pointed air, "didn't you know? We thought It was one of your epigrams." I think this shows a remarkable Insight In-sight on the part of a poor man Into the tine nature of most modern epigrams. |