Mr. Dooley's observations in Wednesday's Westminster Gazette on the reception
of the Boer delegates in the States are in his most mordant vein. "Th' amount iv sympathy that goes out fr a sthrugglin' people is reglated, Hinnissy, be th' amount iv sthrugglin' th' people can do. Th' wurruld, me la-ad, is with th' undher dog on'y as long as he has a good hold an' a chanst to tur-rn over." Mr. Dooley then proceeds to give a series of imaginary interviews between the delegates and Mr. Bryan, Secretary Hay, and President
McKinley, concluding Ivrywhere th' dillygates tur-rns they see th' sign : This is me busy day.' An' whin they get back home they can tell th' people they found th' United States exudin' sympathy at ivry pore—'marked private.'
Th' enthusyasm iv this connthiy, Hinnisey, always makes me think iv a bonfire on an ice-floe. burns bright so long as ye feed it, an' it looks good, but i don't take hold, somehow, on th' ice."
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