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Show A woll-kown eastern minister is ro-sponsiblo ro-sponsiblo for tho following story: "Recently in Los Angeles five prominent geutlomon of foreign birth chanced to moot. Ono was n Rus-isnu, Rus-isnu, ono n Turk, ono a Frenchmen, ono nu American nnd ono an English, mnn. Thoso goutlemou bocomo bosom bos-om friends, and finally n champnguo supper was proposed, nt whioh each gentleman, to bo in keeping with tho times, was to givo a toast to his nn-tlvo nn-tlvo country, tho ono giving tho host to bo nt no oxponso for tho wiuo. Horo nro tho toasts givon : Tho Russian "Horo's to tho stars and bars of Russia, that woro uovcr pulled down." Tho Turk "Hero's to tho nioons of Turkey, whoso wings woro nover clipped." Tho Fronohmnn "Hero's to tho. cook of Franco, whoso fenthors wero novor picked." Tho Amorlcnn "Horo's to tho Stars aud Stripes of Amorloa, novor trailed in dofoat." Tho Englishman "Horo's to tho rnrapln', roarlu' Hon of Groat Britain, Brit-ain, that toro 'down tho stars aud bars of Russia, clipped tho wings of Turkey, Turk-ey, picked tho feathers off tho cock of Franco, uud rau llko h 1 from tho Stars and Stripes of tho United States of America." |