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' I nobce notice the Washineton Washington WashinetonMonument WashingtonMonument Monument Is still standmg standing " In a discussion on the proper use useof useof of a . word Grover Cleveland was wassurprised wassurprised surprised to hear a Senator refer to tohis tohis his source asj a5k as a5 j k Daniel Webster s die die- dietionary > - tionary ' 'But But ' my dear Sena Senator tor , . " said Cleveland ' Noah made madethe madethe the dJctionary dictionary ' , ' Don t be tae be.Illy taesilly , .Illy Illy silly . , , " replied the Senator &lvlng lvlng giving &lvlnghim givinghim & him a scornful look . ' Noah builtthe built builtthe the ark " 'I'J IJ ' , r $ CAN T BE DONE ' When WlIson Wilson was faced with Ie- Ie se- se Ievere severe - - vere oppolftlon opposition on hIs League of ofNations ofNations Nations proposals , &he he the & obfecthm ebjectisn , ' It can't cant ' be done , " was 'amIDar amIDar familiar 'amIDarto familiarto ' to his earl ears ! At loch such times hewould he hewoo1d woo1d would relate this story A manwas man manwas was telllnr telling his Ion eon a bedtime sto- sto story story - - ry about an aIDgator alligator . It was wascreepm wascreeping creepm creeping & " upbebInd ny behind a turtte turtle , wI&h wIh with wI&hIts withits & Its mouth wide epen Finally It Itwas itwas was within reach bnt but just as Us its UsC1'eat itsgreat C1'eat C1eat great ' faws jaws were Inapplnr snapping shut shuttbe shutthe tbe the tnrtle turtle made a sprlnr spring , raD ran up upa upa a tree and escaped 'Why Why "Why " ' ' , dad " said the boy bey , ' bow how can a turtle turtleIprfnr turtlespring Iprfnr spring aDd and cUmb climb a tree ' ? " ' "Great Great " Scott . " repUed replied the fa- fa fa&her father - - &her her ther & , ' he had bad to ! " A Congressional committee was wasmeetinr wasmeeting meetinr meeting with President Wilson and andas andas as you can well imagine many of ofthe ofthe the food good Representatives were shak shakIng shaklag Ing lag the waDs walls with their loud but unrational un unrational rational oratory The Prez listened listenedpatiently listenedpatiently patiently for a whlle while and the then re related related lated this story I am reminded reminded ofthe of ofthe the old Colored man down 10 m Virginia Vir Virgmia gmia ginia who was rldmg riding a mute mule and andwho andwho who was caught in a violent thun than thunderstorm thanderstorm derstorm while passin passing : through a adense adense dense forest . Although he trembled trembledat at the horrifying peals of thunderhe thunder thunderhe he was thankful for the occasionalflashes occasional occasional1Iashes 1Iashes flashes of lightmng lightning which enabled enabledb1m enabledhim b1m him to see his way At last he heprayed heprayed prayed 0 Lawd if it ! t s Jes ' the thesame thesame same to you I d rather hev hey a little littleless littleless less noise an ' a little more lightl light ! ' " . ' Theodore Roosevelt had thIs thIslegend thislegend legend on his White House desk ' The value of a sml1 smile-costs smile costs smilecostsnothingbut - osts ostsnothIngbnt nothIng-bnt nothIng bnt nothing-but but - - creates moeh much It isrest Is Isrest rest to the weary-dayUgbt weary dayUgbt weary-daylight daylight - - to tothe tothe the dJlcooraged--flUDshlne dJlcooraged flUDshlne discouraged-sunshine discouraged sunshine - to to&he tothe &he he the & lad-and lad and sad-and sad - nature's natures ' best anti- anti antidote antidote - dote for trouble ' ( Yes-It Yes It - - cannot cannotbe cannotbe be booght bought begged borrowed or orstolenfor orstolenfor stolen-for stolen for - It Is something that thatIs thatis Is no eartbly earthly good to anybody- anybody anybodyuntlI anybodyuntil - untlI until It Is given away " A large Republican meetmg meeting was wasattended wasattended attended by a small boy offermg offering offermgfor offeringfor for sale four puppies so young their theireyes theireyes eyes were still unopened Get your yourMcKmley yourMcKinley McKmley McKinley pups ' he shouted andenjoyed and andenJoyed enJoyed a brisk sale Two weeks weekslater weekslater later the Democrats had a meetmg meeting meetmgIn meetingin In the same town and the lItUe little lItUeboy littleboy boy was agam again seen hawkmg hawking an armful arm armful ful of pups Get your Bryan pups ' he yelled this time timeSee timeSee See here said an onlooker ' dldn didn t I see you seIlin selling : McKinley McKinleypups McKinleypups pups here a few weeks ago ? Yesslr Yessir . ' replied the ) Jlld ad meekly ' but these are dlfIerent-they dlfIerent they different-they different - - ve ye got gottheir gottheir their eyes open I ' Ot Of course we can cant t prove it It . , but butGeorge butGeorge George Washmgton Washington is alleged to tol1ave tohave l1ave have become weaned wearied with an om offi omclaJ official claJ cial mvestlgatlon investigation which paraded ascore a ascore score of experts through his cham chain chambers chainbers bers It is my opimon opinion he Is quot quoted quoted ed that calling many witnesses toprove to toprove prove one fact Is like addJng adding a large largequantity largequantity quantity of water to a small quan quantity tity quantity of brandy-It brandy It - makes it weakAt weak At Teheran 8talm Stalin drove home a apomt apoint pomt point With a yarn that FDR Is said saidto saidto to be chuckling over stilI still 'The The 'Theneighbor 'Theneighbor ' ' neighbor of an Arab sheik ' related relatedthe relatedthe the Premier asked for the loan of ofa ofa a rope I cannot lend it it , , said tbe the thesheik tbesheik sheik I need tt it to he tie up my milk milkwith milkwith with But surely replied the theother theother other 'you you ' ' do DOt not tie Up your milkwith milk milkWith With a rope " ' Brother said the sheik sheikwhen when whenyou whenyou you do not want to do a thing one onereason onereason reason Is as good as another ' - FDRoosevelt commentmg commenting on thepromise the thepromise promise of aid recently sworn by a asmall asmall small pro-AllIed pro AllIed - nation told a news newspaper newspaper paper ofthe man that it reminded him of the andthe story of the Barbados Island and the last war The Barbados with witha a stand10g standing army of twelve men was taking wastaking bows because It had stood stoodready stoodready theIsland ready It was later learned that the Island had Indeed stood ready In Inthe the early days ot of the war Jt it was dls dis dlsclosed disclosed closed a cablegram was dIspatched to dIspatchedto military leaders of the Allied Alliedcommand Alliedcommand command Success It read Bar Barbados bados is behmd behind youl you ! |