Eureka Reporter | 1904-10-21 | Page 2 | Examples of Red Tapism

examples of red there Is a story ol 01 a man in the british foreign office who one day seized a heavy poker and with man lacal frenzy attacked his chair until he had knocked off one of its less then he went on with his work in another chair happy the explanation of his conduct was that hie first chair lacked a caster and the foreign office will not replace a caster nothing less than a leg the other day a man took his seat in a dining car of a well known railway he tried to open a window but the patent spring had gone wrong the waiter we called sorry sir I 1 have not been able to open that window for weeks he ald but 1 you could happen to dhove your elbow through it when you are having your lunch I 1 could get the whole thing put to right the ravi eler took the hint