Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1910 — Vanity Tricked. [ARTICLE]

Vanity Tricked.

During the early excesses of the French revolution a rabble of men and women were rioting in the streets of Paris. Lafayette appeared and ordered a young artillery officer to open fire upon them with two cannon. The offi T eer begged the general to let him try first to persuade them to withdraw. "It is useless to appeal to their reason,” said the general. "Certainly,” answered the officer, "and it is not to their reason, but to their vanity I would appeal.” * The Officer rode up to the front of the mob, doffed his cocked hat, pointed to the guns and said: “Gentlemen will have the kindness to retire, for I am ordered to shoot down the rabble." The street was cleared at once, fox none could brook the idea of being classed with the scum of the city.