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Show RuB TI1UTH IS PUNtn. Mary"1" "M 'lial Wi-sl mil lagti jjk Twain mid sadly nut long ago: e funniest thing In the world If thofuln " 'he plslu truth and Ili(opl' '" "Iweys laugh at It If , 1 fB"'' '""' r and refer to a man as si Inslinere galoot 1 mean n man who"' IT'"! at the dinner he ns well rvir ' el" will laugh" Whll Maik I wain returned to New YorJ 'ill after his long stsy nbrS'l R partliularly appropriate thaJP1'" "r"' formal weltomo homo short1 """ It did. from the ltus clutjoiicl mi that ocenslon Joy was unrca"'"''1 Mr Clemens told sonn1 ! truth that pttnlng which proted tho rorrf !'' of his theor) In fact moafof the humor ot the njtcr-dlnuer ipeethea which he has midc tnts past wlnjtr has been In his presentation of truti- Mr Clemens speuks with a sloi I'll) (ill drawl and wiaslonally his ire" almost iloae When laughter Interrupts him ho upuis his eyes nods snd looking along the line of fates opposite him. ho sometimes smiles lit enjoyment of the Joke with them Mr Clemens. In speaking at his first dinner din-ner of the things that had happened sloes he hsd been away, ssld, reflect- I trslr: ' The Daughters ot the Royal Crown -there Is an American Ideal I for you' tlod knows what apeclstlicd form of Insanity It tepresents It Isn't softening of the brain, you can't soften soft-en a thing that hoc not exist Thero are no eligible but the American descendants de-scendants ot Charles tho Second How the fancy predict of that old harem holds upl" As be concluded this reference ref-erence his manner was nlmost savage. Mr. Clemens ts a prudent man, though be says he knows nothing of business, and lie doe not squander much of his high grsde marketable humor on his after-dinner speeches. He very evidently evi-dently makes no preparation for them, and ho talks about whatever tho occasion oc-casion may suggest Alnslee's Magazlno. |
