Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1911 — Puzzling Harcourt. [ARTICLE]

Puzzling Harcourt.

A story is told of a certain provost la Scotland who la evidently not a purist In the use of language. He had been laughed at for pronouncing “antipodes" as If It rhymed with “modes, 1 * aad resolved In future to be on his guard. Sir William Harcourt, accompanied by Mr. L. V. Har court, was honoring the burg with his presence, and the provost had to discuss with his guests the lamentably Insanitary state of the place. "And do you know, sir." said he, “you know how much people nowadays think of mae-ro-bes!” Again and again did he dwell on the mystic name, until Mr. Harcourt was moved to ask: “About these msc-ro-bee, Mr. Provost. Are they s local clan?” •• Looked Good. Do you see that fashionably dressed lady going along there?” "I certainly do, son. Who Is she?" “She’s my Sunday school teacher." "Your Sunday school teacher?" pQp ** *W«a, she certainly does look good to mer-Yonkers Statesman.