A SMILE OR TWO
A Smile or Two A PITTSBURG OBSERVATION.— "What shall we say of Senator Smugg?" "Just say he was always faithful to his trust." "And shall we mention the name of the trust?"—Pittsburg Observer. *...
...Pitching the deck...
...Everybody's Magazine...
...What are you doing...
...Isn't it pitching enough already...
...A SOCIETY WOMAN wrote to an army officer at Fort Sam Houston: "Mrs...
...Smythe's kind invitation for the sixteenth...
...Presently came Twain's chance, and he directed the waiter in a loud voice to "Bring in a dozen oysters, and whisper my name to each of them to be sure it's all right...
...While dining in a restaurant one day he sat next to a couple of airy young men who were giving the waiter an unusual amount of trouble...
...gasped the seasick passenger feebly...
...Cosgrove made a good stump speaker...
...Human Life...
...ON THE STUMP.—Timothy L. Woodruff at a dinner in New York, told a number of election stories...
...Cosgrove stopped short, glared, and said: " 'Who brayed there?' "A little chap in the front row piped mildly: "'It was only an echo, sir...
...An imposing, stately kind of man...
...Pitching the deck, sor...
...Smythe requests the pleasure of Captain Bunker's company at a reception, July Sixteenth...
...Louis Globe-Democrat...
...When it came his turn the jurist began, uncertain as to how he was going to come out: "We were fishing one time on the Grand Banks for—er—for—" "Whales," somebody suggested...
...Chicago News...
...No," said the Justice, "we were baiting with whales...
...Great Scott...
...Cosgrove.'"—St...
...One of them gave an order, and then, in a commanding voice, asked the waiter to tell the cook whom it was for...
...responded the salt, with a deep sea salute...
...Next day she received this note of acceptance: "With exception of three men who have the measles and one who is in the guard house, Captain Bunker's company accepts Mrs...
...HIS FIRST VOYAGE—The old sailor came along with a bucket of tar...
...While Cosgrove was speaking in a hall in Syracuse one night somebody brayed...
...Go on with your speech, Mr...
...Then there was Cosgrove," he said...
...Human Life...
...the other followed suit...
...THE LATE JUSTICE BREWER was with a party of New York friends on a fishing trip in the Adirondacks, and around the camp fire one evening the talk naturally ran on big fish...
...THE PERSONAL FLAVOR.—Mark Twain always took a keen delight in scoring off pomposity...
Vol. 3 • April 1911 • No. 13
