Show LIKED WIT OF ARTEMUS WARD londoners Lon doners for a wonder appreciated work of great american humorist on the occasion 0 artemus ward a professional visit to london which oc burred not long before his death J E preston buddock says in hla book pages from an adventurous lite that the american humorists adver tl of his show were as full ot tunny surprises as the lectures themselves one that tickled the gen oral public was this artemus ward Dellver pd lectures before all the crowned heads of eu rope ever thought of deliver ing lectures ana an excerpt from his lecture on drawing Is quoted by mr buddock as a particularly delightful bit I 1 haven t distinguished myself aa an artist ward bald in his inimitable way but have always been mixed up in art I 1 have an uncle who takes photographs in his sane moments and I 1 have a servant who takes every thing he can lay his hands on ai any moment at a very tender age I 1 could draw on wood when a mere child I 1 once floew a small cartload of raw turnips over a wooden bridge it was a raw morning the people of the village recognized me they said it vas a raw turnip drawing that shows how faithfully I 1 had copied nature I 1 drew their attention to t so you see there was a lot of drawing in it the villagers with wonderful als comment peculiar to villagers said I 1 bad a future before me As I 1 was walking backward when I 1 made my drawing I 1 replied that I 1 thought that my future must be behind me |