Daniel in Second Place

1912

Little Willie's grandmother had been telling him Bible stories, his favorite being that of Daniel in the lions' den. At the age of four he was taken to a circus for the first time. When the lion-tamer put his head into the lion's mouth little Willie's excitement knew no bounds. Jumping up and down, he gleefully screamed: "Oh, my! That knocks the spots off Daniel!"

—The Daily Commonwealth, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, December 17, 1912, page 12.