Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 181, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1911 — Poor Consolation. [ARTICLE]

Poor Consolation.

“Uncle Joe" Gannon, at a Republican banquet In Danville, Bald of a reverse:

“There are consolations, to be sure; but these consolations remind me of a Washington waiter. “A friend of mine entered a famous Washington fish house and ordered soft-shell crabs one hot June afternoon. But when the crabs came they didn’t please him. “‘Waiter,’ he said, These soft crabs are very small.’ "‘Yes, Bah,’ said the waiter. "They don’t seem very fresh, either.* ' “Then, sab. It’s lucky that they’s small, sah. ain’t It?’*’ - -

■ “What Is a pessimist, pa?” “A pessimist, my son, is a man who thinks life is a game of Tag,’ and ha —is always IL*'