| Show kohv du JUa urier lias been much written about in the press by nian to bo his anost iut imato friends though in oue or two conspicuous taj family of the lato lamented were rather surprised at this olio of du manners wa a pair of vases which he called his joke pots ho used to receive large number of contributions from engliski sli aud american friends all purporting to be true and worthy of an illustration behim I 1 know at least several instances wh ere friends of mine have sent him texts which ho very soon afterward used to good advantage As these contributions arrived lie them into one of these joho pots by way of filling anew hind of pigeonhole then when a moment arrived in which ho had to scratch his head for a subject ho would dip his hand or rather his arm into this lottery and fish up one contribution after tho other until ho found that might be regarded as a arizo ticket in order eliat ho might insure himself against repetition he observed the routine of never putting a contribution back into the bamo joke pot aiom which ho had extracted it but deposited it in tho second vase until tho first one had been cleared then ho attacked the second one and emptied all the lottery slips back into the first nud so on daily weeding out tho worthless ones and refreshing his memory as to those best adapted to liis purpose tho fact that these two joke pots were kept so well supplied by friends who volunteered their contributions is in itself ample testimony to alio personal charm widely exercised by this warm hearted master of black and white harpers weekly |
