ARTEMUS WARD.
Mr Toole, who was one of Artemus Ward's most intimate friends in London, says that he told him the following story : He went to lecture afc a remote place, where his face was not known. He was a little late ; the audience became impatient, and began to stamp with their feet and to whistle. By-and-byc Ward came out and began to move about the platform, dusting the chairs and desk. Tho people took him for a " supe " and became still more impatient. Presently he turned round, dropped the dustcloth, and said : " Now, having dusted the chairs, I will begin my lecture." Many of the jokes he made were not so good as this, but, no doubt, served to amuse himself and others. An acquaintance told me that he was once riding in a Broadway omnibus when Ward got in, and, onbeing asked for his fare, inquired of the driver if he could change sclols. Tho driver said he could not, slopped the coach, ancl requested Ward to get out. Upon this Ward became very indignant. Why should lie get out ? Because he had not the proper fare. "But I have," he said ; " I never said I had not 10 cents ; I only asked if you could change Cdols.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3030, 12 March 1881, Page 4
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210ARTEMUS WARD. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3030, 12 March 1881, Page 4
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