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Show John Hay No Faddist. "The late John Hay," said a Chlca. goan, "had no belief In fads. Ho held that wo Ami i leans, In our impetuosity, were given 10 fads overmuch. It wns this one trait In us alone that would over suffice (o shako Mr. Hay out o( his exquisite equanimity. "Ho wns walking with me ono day In London. At Hyde Park corner a vegetarian from Frisco Joined us, and. ns wo strouil onward, this vegetarian talked hotlj about tho evils of meat eating, tryiri?, It heemed, to convert Mr. Hay and me to his fad. , ".Mr. Hay listened patiently for quite half an hour. Then suddenly, ho stopped short. Ho thumped the pavement with his walking Btlck. He pointed eastward. " There,' he said, 'stands Piccadilly There It has been for hundreds ol years. And there It will bo wnen you nnd your potato beliefs aro forgot- en."' |