Show MILES AND THE BEAR unique joke at a well known wash ington dinner club it Is told that when the principal guest of the gridiron a famous din ner club in washington was a dent of the united states who but a few days before had occasion to speak with spirit and point to the commanding general of the army two bears entered the banquet chamber one of them nas a real bear the other was an imitation bear with a man inside of it the pair rolled into the middle of the hall and stood up and faced the toastmaster where did you come from he asked them we been over to the white house to see the president said the smaller bear dolorously it was then vedi that his fur was much dis arranged one of his ears was nearly severed from his head and that he was in an apparently much enfeebled condition you do not look very well ob served the chairman dont ia answered the small bear dont ia gee but you ought to have seen miles the after dinner speakers everybody s magazine |