Show I Herriot's Harriot's Favorite I American Author Premier Herriot declares according according according accord accord- ing to foreign dispatches that Mark Twain is his favorite American author Never yet et says the French premier has the humorist failed to rescue me from an attack of or the blues Harper Brothers are sending the premier a copy of Mark Twains Twain's Autobiography Frank J. J compiler of at ofA ofA I A Dictionary of ot Similes an en enlarged enlarged enlarged en- en edition of which was sas published pub- pub j recently has a new theory j I j I jabout about the origin of at the expression Swear like Sam Jill Hill and its I variations He lie suggests that it was familiar in the Garden of at Eden and that Father Adam used it Mr I I explains The name of at the snake that tempted Eve and brought on all our difficulties was I I Samael The langu language ge of such a terrific scoundrel must have been highly decorative and to swear like Samael probably became a I common or Garden proverb proverb- whence as may easily be seen it became corrupted by the unbiblical I Into the expression e Swear like Sam Hill HIlI Dr Henry Hallam that picturesque preacher from the Wayside Pulpits which startle passersby with arresting bits hits of religious thought has been ad addressing addressing addressing ad- ad dressing radio audiences estimated by the broadcasting company at qt t some three millions and a short time ago by request spent his en entire entire entire en- en tire time on the air reading from The Living Word Vord his remarkable condensation and simplification of or the Bible i |