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Show Kipling, the uncrowned poet-lauer-ato of England, has broken out afresh Tills tlmo It is in regard to an invitation invita-tion to attend a dinner at Tufts College, Col-lege, New York. Tufts College is In reality a New England Institution, and tho Inlnltablo Kipling declines tho invltatoln In tho following language: lan-guage: "Recollections of my life In Now England aro still vivid. My wife's family connections arc still there, and In noting tho fact 1 am reminded re-minded of the remark of your great humorist, Artcmus Ward, that ho was in favor of a vigorous prosecution prosecu-tion of the Civil War so long as there were any of his wife's relations left. I must confess to a similar feeling." This is really too bad, for If tho com-mlttco com-mlttco that invited him desires his presence, It is under tho necessity of abolishing New England or banishing Mrs. Kipling's relations. Tosslbly the members many decido to let tho brother stay where ho Is, for It seems that tho author of "Kim" and the Jungle-book scries Is seldom favorably Impressed with any locality. Thoso who havo read his book "From Sea to Sea" will remember his write-up of Zlon. While humorous to a great degree, his assertions Indicate that his knowledge was gained from a car window win-dow as ho passed through at forty miles an hour. |