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Show EQUAL TO THE OCCASION. H Flowery Larinuage In No Way Dlscon- M certed Kansas Senator. B Senator Randolph Burton, of Kans- M sas, while in Hawaii with tho Con- M groaalonal commission, wna sitting M ono morning In tho dining room of a -l Honolulu hotol. A Jnpaneso, In Occt- : dental dross of oxtromo fashion, who M was sitting closo by, henrd Mr. Burton iH addrossttd as Senator. Ho roso, walk- M ed ovor to tho Sonator and presented 'H his card. M "If your charming ISxrollanoy should H bocome contnmlnnted with tho oil- H mntlc anhelntlon," he said, "he will H find palliative ferblfugoa at tho abovo H Indicated location." H Tho Senator was astonished, but H long ears In polities have da.vc.oped H a singular readluetM, and he answered H In kind. M "Your Samaritan commiseration V overcomes me, air. Should I stand In H nerd of proficient medication, I will I H call at your Justly-famed establish- H ment. If I hare Appeared stultified in , ' my paraphrases of gratitude, It la duo, ;iH holleve m, pither to n paucity of vo- ll cabulary than to any tnsurttcient ap- 'Jll prolatlon of your ben-nclunro." '' The little Asiatic buwed away, :H dttied but beaming- H |