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Show Getting Out of Tight Place. When the late William Wlndom, secretary of the treasury, dropped dead at a chamber of commerce dinner din-ner in New York some yoars ago. Just as he was speaking, there were but two reporters present, says the Saturday Sat-urday Evening Post. The others had written their stories, sent down their copy and the text of the speeches, and gone to -more interesting places. In one newspaper office the news did not get in until a minute before time for going to press. Two columns of Win-dom's Win-dom's speech were im type In the form. As it was too late to make over and catch the mails, an enterprising editor ed-itor wrote: "The Hon. William Win dom dropped dead at th chamber of commerce dlnnor last night If he bed not dropped dead he would have spoken aB follows:" Thus It stood u. til they could make ever. |