HOW LI " WORKED " TWO MACHINES.

Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 114, 10 November 1900, Page 2 (Supplement)

HOW LI " WORKED " TWO MACHINES.

With a seeming iranocency that would have done justice to Ah Sin, the Heathen Chinee, Li Hung-chang append to display thia % greatest interest Vih^ sewing machines at an Exhibition in JSdinburgh during his toitr in Ewope. - His Excellency's first question. was how long it would take ior' the sewing, macbine, at which he had sat down, to do «/ certain distance — seemingly- confusing the mechanical stitcher with a. lady's safety at the next stand. i Without waiting for any reply" to his query, or further ceremony, Li started' sewing a, libtlb se^am. Nor did' he do it badly, a fact which made him seem as delighted as a child. For some time the Viceroy continued his hemming, aaid though got away at length by his attendants, immed'ia.tdy mb down at the next machine, and' insisted on working it. "What ia the price?" asked Li at length. ' . "\Tour Excellency shall have it as a gift," was the reply of the exhibits*. • • "Then I don't want it in that case," observed the simple and btond Li, "because I require two — one far myself and thie other for the Empress." And ho had them.

Cannibal — "This fellow's, so green, that he doesn't cook." Cannibal King — • "Well, we will warm him over for supper. Nobody will notice him in the hash."