Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-10-21 | Page 23 | A Yankee Abroad

I A YA YANKEE ABROAD tOAD I Bv De Witt Ma Mackenzie LONDON Oct 20 Charles 20 Charles Evans Hughes through ills his ls election as Americas America's Judge at the permanent court of ot international Justice The Hague llague has Iras been elevated by ty th the IC league of or nations to one of ot the worlds world's most dignified positions Which is as should be be because because- Mr Hughes is one of the worlds world's most dignified gentlemen he is one of or the worlds world's most courte courte- ous My ty only claim to fame lame lies in the fact that I once impinged on Mr Hug Hughes Hughes' hes' hes dignity I yanked his coattails coat coattails tails in the 1 presence of people people peo peo- PIe and halted one of the most dignified dignified dig dig- n led and important addresses of his career I did It by proxy proxy proxy-my my proxy being a midget of ot a girl stenographer ste ate but but I claim the honor because she was my stenographer The way of ot it was this It was a summers summer's day in Oswego N. N Y somo twenty j years ears ago Mr 1 Hughes was governor of ot New York and was candidate for a second term There was before the legislature a bill which had incensed the members of that powerful organization the State Volunteer Firemen's association The association was holding its an annual annual annual an- an nual convention in In Oswego and Mr 11 Hughes Hushes went vent ent there to explain to I them this measure which he le was supporting but out butas butas We started out swimmingly as the governor got warmed up I noticed that my stenographer pher was wash h having difficulties Mr 11 Hughes is not the easiest person in the world to follow tollow in shorthand because he often speaks quite rapidly and his vocabulary i is full of oC t big lg and unusual unusual un un- un usual words He lie was In the midst of an impassioned impassioned impassioned im im- im- im sentence of ot this all im im- im important important speech and his eloquence was cascading out over the huge audience at I dont don't know how many words a minute when my tiny brunet brunet brunet bru bru- net got into action I was horrified to see her lean forward grasp his coat tails and give e a vigorous j yank ank The governor paused in his speech and turned in dignified surprise to see what had happened Up into his amazed face spoke the businesslike businesslike business business- like Im sorry Mr Governor but you are talking directly away ay from me and I cant can't hear you ou Will you please turn this way Gradually and to my great relief a smile crept over Mr Hughes' Hughes face I r wondered what he was thinking Then with that courtesy for which he is famed he ho bowed and apologized apologized apologized apolo apolo- to the little lady And he did turn In her direction when he re resumed resumed resumed re- re his address c. c S 4