A Story Of Congressman Rogers

It is related of John Rogers, the Arkansas congiossman, that he recently sat down in a barber's chair, when the barbër asked rf he would not take off his collar. "Certainly," said Rogers pleasantly, "anything to accommodate," and, getting out of the chair, removed his coat and vest. let down hi.s su.sxnders, and began unbuttoning his shirt. "Jes' yo' collah, sah," said the astonished barber, "jes' de collah; that'll be enough." "I understand," said Rogers. "I'm going to take it off." And he peeled his shirt off over his head. "You see, I have iny collars made on my shirts," he calmly said, as he sat in his undersbirt and enjoyed hiraself. -