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...pair of boots for Jack Sheppard," "A sword for the Red Knight," "A suit of armor for Sir Florian." Thus spoke honest burghers in London printshops on Saturday nights. They laid down their pennies, took home boots, sword, armor, cut them from their cards, pasted them on the effigies of contemporary actors. They took pains. Often the scenes constructed in the three-sided rooms of the toy theatres were works of subtle art. Artists afterwards famed sometimes got bread by engraving the penny cards, the tuppeny cards-Blake, Flaxman, Cruikshank. Thousands worked at the making of the theatres; now only...
...Washington newspaper correspondent told his paper the following story about Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas...
...Senator Sheppard and a friend were strolling down Ninth Street, the "little Broadway'' of Washington, one evening. In a vacant store, a faker was haranguing a crowd, selling a book...
...Senator Sheppard nudged his friend. They continued their walk. Said Senator Sheppard: "It would be a fatal blow either to my colleague, Mayfield, or myself to reduce to the extent of 120 pounds. . . . The spectacle of a 40-pound member of the Senate would be a source of endless jest and the Senate has enough of ridicule...
...Sheppard...