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Show Getting Out of Tight Place. . When tho late William Wlndom, soorotary of tho treasury, dropped dead at a chamber of commerce dinner din-ner In New Yprk somo years ago, Just as ho was speaking, there wero but two roportors present, says tho Saturday Sat-urday Evening Post. Tho others had written their stories, sent down their copy and tho torft of tho speeches, and gono to more Interesting places. In ono nowspapor ofllco tho news did not get In until a mlnuto before tlmo for going to press. Two columns of Win-dom'a Win-dom'a speech woro In typo In the form. As It wns too lato to mako over and catch the malls, an enterprising editor ed-itor wrote: "Tho Hon. WIIHnm Wlndom Wln-dom dropped dead at the chamber of commorco dinner last night If he had not dropped dead ho would have spokon as follows:" Thus It stood until un-til they could mako over. |