Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1913 — TONGUE WOULD NOT BEHAVE [ARTICLE]

TONGUE WOULD NOT BEHAVE

lewa Representative in Congress Ha* Unfortunate Experience in Illustrating Point in Speech. Representative S. F. Prouty of Is one of the story-tellers of the house of representatives, but Le had an unfortunate experience one day when he attempted to illustrate a point in a tariff speech with the story of “Simple Sally,” a character In the neighborhood where he lived as a boy. The family always tried things first on Sally, said Mr. Prouty; if they didn’t hurt her Jt they were considered good enough for the rest of the family. “They used her as a sort of experiment statioii,” he explained. “If they had edibles from the woods, and were a little in doubt as to whether they were tood stoals —” A shout of laughter went up from near-by colleagues, and Mr. Prouty hastily corrected himself: “Stoodtoals,” he began. The laugh grew stronger. “Stoadstools!” he shouted, red in the face. At that point he gave up.—Washington Star.