Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1900 — What Caused the Delay. [ARTICLE]

What Caused the Delay.

A small man dashed up to the chief of the Paris fire department just as the latter was about to order the hosemen to play away on the blazing Theater Francaise. “Monsieur! monsieur!” he shrieked. “R-r-restrain yourself! Do not give ze fateful ordaire for one leetle moment yet!” “And why not?” inquired the chief. “Because,” cried the little man, “ze moving picture apparatus is unfortunately delayed and cannot possibly reach ze fire for several pr-r-reclous minutes!” So the obliging chief waited.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.