An article on Prince Bismarck was headed in large letters: Bismarck withdraws. Just underneath, in very small print, was: His resignation as Chancellor of the German Empire.
The marriage of young Earl Cairns, who had been betrothed several times, was announced to the American ladies thus:
Garmoyle caught at last.
Mr. Arthur Balfour, having refused to reply to some attacks of the Irish Nationalists, a prominent New York paper thus announced the fact;
Balfour doesn't care a——
During his late visit to America, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain was invited by the members of a New York club to a dinner given in his honour. At the eleventh hour the right honourable gentleman, being detained in Washington on State business, was obliged to send and excuse himself. Next day, I read in the New York Herald:
One dinner less for Joe.
While I was in the United States, the papers were constantly speaking of a financier named Jacob Sharp. Accused of fraudulent dealings, this gentleman had been arrested, but subsequently released, untried. The press indulged in much comment on the matter, and such remarks as: "All mortals have their trials except financiers."
One morning the newspapers were obliged to desist from their attacks: poor Jacob had passed away from earth.
The same day, I met the editor of one of the large daily papers.