Show MEANEST MANEST MAN Instances of remarkable and ingenious ingeni ingeni- ous otis selfishness elfi are aro unfortunately not hard bard to find A writer in time the New York Sun gives i one ono which would be difficult to match Two strangers met at ot ono one ot 01 the tho small smal tables in a dining car They Thov found a n common bond beam in iu the effort efort to secure something to to eat and ant by b the tho time Hmo time the coffee came camo they were on friendly terms I wonder if you will wi do mo mime a fa favor favor f. f fa- fa vor said sid the first firt one as ns ho paid pail his bill bi The other man seemed receptive and the tho first one ono continued Have flave you ou a n lower berth for tonight to tonight night night The Time man across the table no nodded ed Well el Im I'm Im I'm traveling tr with my my moth mothS mother er or who i is rather well wel alou along in iii life and andI I Im I'm m anxious to make mako her comfortable Would you vou be willing to give e her your our berth 7 4 I I 1 should be delighted rc responded the stranger er They Thoy went ent back to the sleeper leeper whore where the accommodating man was presented to the time oth others other's mother a white whito haired old lad lady with a charming face The Time good Samaritan had exchanged ed his low lower r berth for the upper belonging to tIme the old lady Indy and W was S radiating wita with wit n a sense ense of charitable kindness It I led letl him to remark affably to tho the other man But nut where are aro you going to sleep Oh that's that all ull al r right ht was 38 the tho 1 a. z Iwer mv my lower nr there Persia Perila like Uke Turkey la is a awakening from her sleep Bleep el of Ot centuries and aspires to tn reassume th time the po position she once occupied In the time affairs of the great grat at world She has a constitution anti ami J some norm other modern mod wi mO- mO I cm ern Improvements ments but she alme h hasn't MIt caught up UI with the times enough to provide pT herself with wih a r real I transportation IS I'S hersel tern tem Horses and donk donkeys s still constitute constitute tute the p passenger s nger anti and ant freight carrying resources of the tho empire which once dominated dom domn- th the east lt Still sun Persia Pm has hB ono one railroad It I lu Is ton ten long lanK and rn runs from Teheran tho the capital to tho the shrine of or a shah Tho The general rJ manager manager man man- a ager er of this road rd much trouble truble In figuring imis ton mile mit costa coats cost Strikes do donot donot donot not disturb his hla slumbers The finance committee does not bother Itself with lh dividend policies or bond Issues nor mien d do deem s sIt It He lie k nights wondering If rats rate I li regulating aro are going to pass vass the time n at 1 |