Show I G GOOD 0 OD STORIES ON N NIn NOTABLE PERSONS In Bad Dad Taste Lawson Baird a a. Camden man oj ot some Bomo note says that he recently attended attended at- at tended a n. funeral at Altoona the corpse of ot the occasion being that of at a foreman who had been exceedingly popular with his railroad a associates and with the tho community generally Floral tributes 3 were plentiful and the widow exhibited them with no little pride Yes Vis she sho explained to sympathizing friends thirn flowers do be he how manny he had That cross comes from the division superintend ent that piny 1 is IK from Crom wan uv tho the con con- and the too broken was way sent Bint b by the Mayor himself himself- At t this point she p paused for tor a moment mo ment as her eye lighted l on a a. beautiful anchor which she sho grabbed savagely and flung out of the window exclaim e In Inc as is she did so Who the had the ba-ad ba teste t tc send that pick 1 Loaded for the Lecture ture A writer In the San Francisco o News NewsLetter Letter tells tell this at the expense of ona one who ha has appeared frequently on tho lecture platform of at the Brooklyn Institute Institute tute tut Prof Prot Edward Howard Griggs Grigg formerly of Stanford St. the perfect man still continues to be bo the wonder and the tho sensation of Boston where his ethical l lectures nr are arc drawing cultured mobs mob from Crom all over the country side I am told that people come In wagons bicy hley bicycles des cles and automobiles make automobiles make pilgrim pilgrimages ages 1 es to his rostrum I was noticing an article of or him which appeared in the Overland Monthly a 0 few tew years ago It was a a. good article and th the reading of ot It recalls to me a a. story Shortly before Prof Proto Griggs left leCt Stanford for tor his Ea Eastern Eastern East East- t. t ern tour ho he was the guest S of ot honor ata ata at ata a dining club here The club Is a a. cultured cultured cultured cul cul- affair an and the tho reading of t a a. paper Is a regular ceremony at their periodical cal dinners Prof Griggs was to read the paper on this oc occasion lon and some of oC the members got wind of ot the fact tact that the professor profeSor intended to read his hla paper paper paper pa pa- per which appeared In the Overland Monthly A copy of ot the magazine was wa accordingly bought and submitted to a printer A press proof of or the essay was given to each member of the club When hen Prof Griggs's turn came he arose with much pro produced prop his manuscript and began When hen henhe he read the first sentence he was surprised surprised sur sur- to note that his words were MIn be being belag M- M In lag ing delivered in tn unison by every person person per per- son son at the table Ho lie looked up and when he saw his hosts holding proof on him the proof was sufficient and ha lie sat down |