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Show WANTED A GOOD FAT BOOK. HT Its Contents Not Matter of Moment to Boston Child. "Senator Lodge," remarked one ot his colleagues, "Is naturally proud of Massachusetts, and Is not disinclined to bellovo that tho children of that commonwealth havo no superiors in any part of tho world In the matter of mental equipment. Nevertheless, ho takes pleasure in tolling a story of a Boston child who wrote him asking ask-ing him to procure a copy of 'tho big volumo of the coast and geodetic report.' re-port.' "Senator Lodge was naturally pleased that a child of Boston should', request a work which dealt with transcontinental trlangulatlon and azimuths, but, wlBhlng to be certain cer-tain in regard to the work desired, he replied in a letter, setting forth I tnerjttaMKr'"tne various volumes of tWSpPort of this important branclFot tho government, concluding conclud-ing his letter with- tho request that tho applicant' specify the particular book desired. "I don't care what tho reading matter mat-ter is," came tho reply. "I want a good fat book for pressing leaves." |