Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1917 — English Editor’s Wit. [ARTICLE]

English Editor’s Wit.

Sir Frandis Cowley Burnand, formerlji»editar of Punch, died at Ramsgate, England, at.the age of eighty-one. He was a playwright aijd author of much light literature. Among his publications are “Happy Thoughts.” 1866; the Happy Thought Series; “Modern Sandford and Merton“ New Light on Darkest Africa;” “Strapmore;” “Ride to Khiva“Eccentric Guide to Isle of Thanet,” and more than one hundred and twenty plays, chiefly burlesque and light comedies. A born wit was the famous writer. A friend met him out walking one cold day, and accosted him with, “You never wear an overcoat, Burnand?" “No, T never was!” came back the answer, quick as a flash. Had he fresh In his mind, one wonders, the old the riddle, “What is the difference between a great-coat and baby," which runs: “One you wear (were) and one yon w*as!”