human
I can easily believe what you say, Mr. Eames, she said glibly.
gpt
The papers print a great many of the amusing blunders that are made, and I am sure they are not exaggerated, by my own experience. There were two women standing near me in front of the Manufactures Building the other day, and one said to the other: ’Oh, look at that big statute of Liberty; do you suppose it’s solid gold?’ ’No!’ replied the other scornfully, ’it’s holler. If that was solid gold it would be worth ten thousand dollars.’ Then this sophisticated one turned to me. ’Can you tell me where the Court of Honor is? Is it in the Administration Building?’ I answered that this was the Court of Honor, and I suppose I gestured generally, for she looked down at the Basin and then at me with a pitying smile. ’Oh no,’ she said, ’that is the lagoon.’
human
Oh yes, and, Mr. Eames, was there any truth in that story I read about the battle-ship? Somebody says, you know, that although it looks so solid and impressive, an angry man could do it considerable damage with a crowbar, and I read lately about some country people who were visiting it. While they were exploring, the ship’s bells rang, and coincidently the whistle of a neighboring tug began to blow. The story said those poor people thought the boat was going to start and rushed for the gang-plank, panic-stricken. One man fell into the water, and a woman broke her ankle. It ought not to be amusing, but it is.
gpt
Ha, ha, responded Eames,
human
(Jack was drawing near)
gpt
(Jack approached and stood near the speaker.)
human
Won’t you dance this with me, Miss Bryant, and I will initiate you into some of the methods of newspaper men as discovered by the officer-of-the-day at Jackson Park.