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Show Noted Austrian Wit. Sorah Ilernhnrdt Is raging nt tho Germans, but nover again will alio bo ns Infuriated as sho was onco upon a tlmo. many years ago, when sho visited vis-ited Vienna, says tho Philadelphia Evening Ledger. At that tlmo the Austrian capital boasted of n wit named Saphlr, who edited a weekly and wroto nil Its contents. Then Mme. Sarah was aB thin as the proverbial rail fence. Tho day she arrived Saphlr's paper contained tho announcement: an-nouncement: "An mpty carriage drew up to tho hotel entrance and out stepped Mjno. Uornhsrdt." Tho actress threatened all Borts of dire things, but tho worst was yot to come, for when alio announced that sho was learning to play tho flute, Saphlr camo back with: "Mme. Ilernhnrdt Is learning to play the flute. In order to distinguish tho Instrument, sho has decorated It with n bluo bow." nut It wns ns an Impromptu wit that Saphlr shono. Once when ho turned a streot corner ho bumped Into n strnugcr. "Donkey!" thundered tho Btrnnger. "And my nnmo ii Saphlr," replied tho v.it, volltt'ly bowing. |
