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Show baptized for years after his birth. "What Is your business r asked the clerk. The applicant said that be was a writer. "Are you In 'Who's WhoT was the next query and the answer ' was In the affirmative. "That settles it," said the clerk. He got a copy of "Who's Who" and found that the brief blograpSy gave . the date . of birth. The , onUcsUon was lndoreftd, "Bee "Who's 'Who' edl- : " tion of 1821, page nmpty nmp," and the document was forwarded to Washington Wash-ington .with the assurance that the passport would be back in a few days. "The government," said the writer afterward, "will not take Its own docu-mtat docu-mtat and would not take my word, but accepted a printed biographical sketch which presumably I had written." writ-ten." : " -'v..,-' , 'WHO'S WHO" WINS PASSPORT Writer's Somewhat Caustic Comment ! on Authorities Would Sesm to 1 ; ' Have Seme 'Justification. ' A ran who applied in New York tf passport recently was told that (f'jluBt have a certificate of birth H Jre the document could be Issued, war Vad a passport Issued during the opR "hearing the vise of severs! Eu-tne Eu-tne V countries. That passport bore was 'Lt9 0j his birth, The pasxport I bet; rejected because It was Issued I re 101T, j 'Vlhere was no time to send to CbJ-I'Ago CbJ-I'Ago for a copy of the certificate of JWth. , A certificate of baptism was offered and rejected, the explanation being thai ha oilghl uot bava beo |