Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1898 — Dramatist Gilbert’s Joke. [ARTICLE]

Dramatist Gilbert’s Joke.

The following smart example of repartee is attributed to W. S. Gilbert. The dramatist was at an evening party, and chanced to be standing bareheaded in the hall when a guest, departing in a hurry, mistook him for a waiter. “Call me a fourwheeler, will you,” says he. “Sir,” replied the ready author of “The Mikado” and a round dozen other operas, “you are a four-wheeler.” The guest was startled by this reply. “Why,” he exclaimed, "what the ” But Mr. Gilbert Interrupted him with an elaborate pretense at apology, “I couldn’t call you hansom, you know, could I r