Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1895 — Max O’Rell Was. [ARTICLE]

Max O’Rell Was.

Max O’Rell relates that one day he was lecturing iu Sandhurst, Victoria, on his favorite subject: “John Bull at Home:” In the first row of the orchestra stalls there was a man who evidently had had a schooner or two of colonial beer, and who, for ton minutes, incessantly growled at every statement made by the lecturer. By and by Max O’Rell bad to remind liis audience, to explain a point, that he was a Frenchman. “Ah, you’re a Frenchman,” shouted the man at the top of his voice, “well, if you’re a Frenchman, you please leave John Bull alone and give me a lecture on Waterloo, you beggar!” Max O’Rell declined to give a lecture on Waterloo, as this was not the subject announced. On hearing this the jolly Briton rose again, faced the audience, and said; “This man says he is a Frenchman and he can’t speak on Waterloo. I tell you, the man is no Frenchman.” And as his speech threatened to replace the lecture, two policemen had to come to the rescue of the Frenchman.