The Sunny Side of the Street
PHOTOGRAPH BY MARCEAU, NEW YORK
Merrily Yours
Marshall P. Wilder
THE SUNNY SIDE
OF THE STREET
BY
MARSHALL P. WILDER
Author of “People I’ve Smiled With”
WITH TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS BY BART HALEY
AND COVER DECORATION BY
CHARLES GRAHAM
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1905
Copyright, 1905, by
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
[Printed in the United States of America]
Published, June, 1905
Affectionately Dedicated
To
My Father
PREFACE
In this little volume are offered recollectionsof the sunny side of many people. I haveplucked blossoms from the gardens of humor andpathos, which lie side by side, and in weavingthem into a garland, claim only as my own thestring that binds them together.
| I. | Sunshine and Fun | 23 |
| The Sunny Side of the Street.—Jests and Jesters.—The Force of a Joke.—Lincoln’s Way.—Kings and Their Joke-makers.—As They do It in Persia and Ireland.—“Chestnuts.”—Few Modern Jesters but no End of Jokers.—Entertainers and Their Ways. | ||
| II. | Sunny Men of Serious Presence | 31 |
| Richard Croker.—A Good Fellow and Not Hard to Approach, if One is not in Politics.—Croker as a Haymaker.—Does not Keep Opinions on Tap.—He and Chauncey Depew on New York City Politics.—Croker Bewilders a London Salesman.—His Greatest Pride.—Recorder Goff.—Not as Severe as His Acts.—Justice Tempered With Mercy.—Two Puzzling Cases. | ||
| III. | At the White House and Near It | 41 |
| My Prophecy to “Ma ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |