This Busy World Forgets Us Easily.
Fame is not a very tangible thing. United States Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island, has represented his State for many years, and was very prominent in the framing of the tariff bill which is called after the name of Governor McKinley. The Senator tells the following incident, adding that he has never had a conceited moment since it occurred:
"Not long since I was journeying from Providence to New York, when a business man of my own State, a man of prominence and wealth, and an old friend of mine, fell in with me, and at once said:
"'Good-morning, Senator. Where are you going?'
"'Oh, I am going to Washington,' said I.
"'What are you going there for?'
"'To attend to my public duties.'
"'Why, what duties—what duties do you have in Washington?'
"Blushing, I replied that I was still a United States Senator.
"'Oh yes,' said the business man of prominence, wealth, and standing; 'you were elected to the Senate, weren't you?' After a pause: 'By-the-way, who is the other Senator from Rhode Island?'"