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Show 1 Mark Twain Victor, m Usual. "You can't beat Mark Twain." said nn editor. "At a banquet or supper nothing Is more foolish than' to cross blades with our great humorist "Mark Twain, you'll remember, tells In 'Innocents Abroad' nbbut tho street In Damascus that Is called 8tn.!ght. He Bays that the street called Straight may not bo as crooked as a corkscrew, but It 1e certainly less straight than a rainbow. "Wll, Itaskett Smith, tho Palestine Pales-tine lecturer, took Mark Twain to task about tho street called Straight at a dinner. "'When I was In Damascus,' he said, 'I took a photograph of this street and tho photogr- h shows the street to be really as straight as possible' pos-sible' "There was a laugh at tho humorist's humor-ist's expense. "He rose and drawled " 'May I ask what mv f-lend Has-kett Has-kett Smith had to drink that day In Damascus?' "'Oh, water, water only,' Haoket Smith replied. "'Ah, well,' Twain drawled, 'you see, that makes all the difference.' " |