Chairman of Entertainment Committee.—"Professor, would you mind giving me some idea of what you are going to talk about this evening?"
Distinguished Lecturer.—"Certainly not. I am to speak of the 'Dangers that beset the Republic.' One of these dangers I conceive to be the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few men—"
"I am afraid that wouldn't be acceptable to the men who got up this course of lectures. The wealthiest man in our little city is at the back of the enterprise lie and a few others built this hall and pay all the expenses of keeping it in repair. The receipts from entertainments don't pay them half of one per cent on their money. They will lose about fifty dollars on this lecture, for the house will be packed with deadheads. The manager didn't want you to talk to empty benches."
