acticed
what he preached. Ambition: Large breweries. Recreation: Getting away
from business. Address: All large cities. Clubs: W. C. T. U.

KHAYYAM, Omar, a fine old Persian who wrote a beautiful and heartfelt
commentary on headache producers. Ambition: More grapes. Recreation: A
flask, books, and a Persian "thou." Epitaph: He Certainly Practised What
He Preached.

KIDD, Captain, the man who spent his life burying the treasure which
several people have been sure they could locate. Was said to have been
one of the finest men who ever scuttled a ship.

KILLER, Jack The Giant, a man who combined his name and accomplishments.

KIPLING, Rudyard, an English writer who has not been knighted.

KNOX, John, of Edinburgh. He was the man who introduced the kirk into
Scotland, but failed to launch the collection plate.

KRUGER, Oom Paul, an Old Dutch cleanser who certainly made England scrub
up.

KUBELIK, Jan, the only violinist who never gave a farewell concert.

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LACHAISE, Pere, confessor of Louis XIV for thirty-four years. He was
such an attentive listener and heard so much that the leading cemetery
in Paris was named in his honor.

LAMB, Charles, one of those immortals who forgot his life of tears to
place smiles on paper.

LANGTRY, Mrs., the Sarah Bernhardt of England less considerable talent.
Ambition: Those old time lovers.

LAOCOON, a Trojan priest who suffered with delirium tremens. Together
with his sons he posed for his statue while encumbered with a bad
attack. Address: Vatican, Rome.

LAURIE, Annie, of Maxwelton. The only woman in history who had a brow
like a snowdrift. Also the only good-looking lassie in Scotland to whom
Burns did not write a few poems. L. was engaged to be married; no record
of the ceremony can be found.

LAW, Andres Bonar, a Scotchman who gave up the iron business to become
a mere member of Parliament. Is said to have spoken on Irish questions.
Ambition: (?). Recreation: Travel, except in the south of Ireland.
Address: Parliament. This will probably hold good for several editions
of Who Was Who. Clubs: Conservative, of course.

LAW,(6) Mother-in-, no relation of the above. A much-abused ancient
whose life and story has been written by malicious biographers. In
reality L. was a kind soul who invited us to dinner, permitted the gas
to be turned down, and always knocked before she came into the room.
Later she wiped the dishes, took care of her grandchild (see Baby),
helped