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Show RU88ELL SAGE MAKES JOKE. Aged Financier Facetious at J. P. Mor-gan'a Mor-gan'a Expense. Only once in a good whllo docs Russell Rus-sell Sage permit himself to Jest, and when ho does Indulge It Is generally at tho expense of some other mag-nato mag-nato of tho financial world. The latest credited to tho aged millionaire was uttered about tho time when Pierpont Morgan started on his recent trip to Europe. In noting tho great man's doparturo tho newspapers mentioned that Mr. Morgan had sold some flats on Park avenuo which had caused him a good deal of annoynnce. Upon reading read-ing which Undo Bussell commented thus: "So, Morgan has gone, hey? And he has disposod of his Interests In those Park avenuo flats? Well, I don't know nbout tho flats on Park avenue, but I'll hot you a doughnut ngnlnst n douhlo eaglo that ho has not parted with his Interests In tho lints on Wall street." |