DIDN'T WANT A TELESCOPE AT NIGHT. The fund of good' stories told by the late Sir Robert Ball was apparently limitless. and as a lecturer he had ail unusually intimate and friendly manner that put him on good terms with his audience the moment he began to speak. Among the anecdotes he enjoyed telling (says 'The Tatler') was one relating to the time he was at the Duusink Observatory.
A working man called to see him cue day, and in reply to Sir Robert's question, he said lie wanted to Bee the moon through the telescope. "Certainly," replied Sir Bobert, "and if you'll come back this evening I'll bo glad to let you use the telescope." "Can't I see it now?" asked the man, in evident astonishment. "No, I'm afraid not," said Sir Robert. " You must wait till the evening." " But, lor' bless ye!" exclaimed the man, " I can see it myself at night without any old telescope." And he walked off with an air of great disgust.
Miss Primanprude lisped to her lodger: "Mister Barker! I'm sorry to, say That Miss Goldtooth complains of your coughing— I'm afraid she will leave me to-day. She declares that it sounds most distressful, And she told mc to say she feels sure You'll be well in a day, if you start straight away. Taking Wood*' Great Peppermint Otm." -£Advts
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Evening Star, Issue 15481, 1 May 1914, Page 1
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