Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 114, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1904 — Conspiring Ferninst the Tongue. [ARTICLE]

Conspiring Ferninst the Tongue.

Chlmmle Fadden (Edward W. Townsend), Mr. Dooley (Finley Peter Dunne), George Ade and Dlnkelsplel (George V. Hobart) were seated at a table in the Lambs’ Club one afternoon recently, when in walked Henry Dlxey, the comedian. He paused, threw up both hands, exclaiming: “The Lord preserve the English language,” and walked on, without a protest from the celebrated quartet, each of whom tried to look innocent” —New York Times.