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Show THEY ALL OBLIGED. Chicago Chronicle. In the United States Supreme court the other day Justice Shiras was dellv erlng with all proper solemnity an opinion opin-ion in a patent medicine suit. A pretty little child sat with her mother among the spectators. The court was the embodiment em-bodiment of dignity, so much so that It was almost Impressive The little girl fidgeted in her place as the Justice, in monotonous tones, expounded fine points of law, and she shook her head, adorned with a big picture hat, in impatience. im-patience. There came a pause. The little lit-tle girl piped: "Mamma, why don't somebody smile?" and Instantly she had her wish, for everybody except the horrified court officials immediately displayed dis-played the broadest, kind of a grin. |