Show NU ial little known stories about out well known peoples people 2 nis dig C contemporaries thought teddy roosevelt was conceited they told this one on him that teddy died and went to h heaven eaven where h discovered the tamed famed choir had been disbanded he to told ad st peter it should be reorganized and that lie he teddy would conduct very well said the old fellow how ma many ny tenors should we have teddy suggested ten million tenors as many baritones baritone S etc how m many any bass singers asked st peter pencil poised 1 oh 11 a said a id teddy ill sing bass F DRs at the former czarist ping palace in yalta brings to mind the yarn told about teddy Roosevel ts world tour while in stockholm he lived at the royal palace when mr big alg stick was husked by a newsman how he liked the a sensation ensa tion of living in a palace teddy snapped 1 I dont like them you cant ring a bell and complain about the r ooma one of the staff offered his resignation to the executive editor of the old new york world lie he explained that he was going to start his own little country newspaper id like some advice from you said the reporter report erp on how you yon think I 1 ought to run it youve come to the wrong person said the exec ask one of our indignant subscribers when president roosevelt was governor of new york a film salesman named moe schenck he worked out of albany was introduced to him the other day moe was vas in the white house to 10 sag sea one of the secretaries about a film As he came out of the office came along belld mr roosevelt 0 o it how are you moe you 1 old ad u a gun what are you doing in washington moe explained his mission 0 o briefly y G an and d started to go said sait 1 good 0 od luck moe dont be such a stranger come see me sometime mr president moe intoned im a very busy man tan at a social event which thomas themas edison attended reluctantly at his cifes urging the inventor finally escaped his admirers to sit in a corner A friend noticed that he kept looking at his watch and drawing closer he heard edison sigh deeply and murmur it if there were only a dog here the home of 0 beethoven in bonn has been converted into a memorial museum in one of the rooms roped off from curious hands Is the piano upon lupori which beethoven composed most of his famous music A very snooty girl visited the shrine with a party of american tourists she looked at the piano with awe and asked the guard if 11 the m might ight play just a few notes on it she sat down and played a few bars of the moonlight sonata As she left she remarked to the attendant 1 I suppose all the great pianists who have come here at one time or another have played on it the guard replied no miss not at at au all was here several years ago but said he worthy to touch it at a dinner party bea lady peel in private life was wearing the family pearls A feline meowed what lovely pearls bea are they genuine of course you can always tell by biting them here let me see gladly said lady peel proffering her jewels but remember duchess you cant tell real pearls with false teeth one of the important washington newspapers once reported on its front page a mild indisposition of 0 president roosevelt with president kept to ills rooms by coed heard of it and requested several copies which he shows to visiting diplomatic bigwigs in their moments of relaxation this is how one of the worlds classics was written nathaniel hawthorne worked as a bookkeeper one day he was fired and came home depressed but his wife she told him that she had secretly saved money from household expenses so that he be could one day afford to write the book he as planning that 1 is how hawthorne wrote the scarlet letter its suli supposed Posed to have happened at president Roosevel ts inaugural reception cep tion A midwest plumbing manufacturer who had supported the th demo campaign fund brought hi his teenage teen age daughter to the luncheon the young lady had been coached tor for weeks on correct etiquette in company of all these big people everything ery thing went well until she was introduced trod to she curtsied slightly end and they said with great deference this Is a great honor mr president ive heard father speak cd ft you tu many times |