Show wit and beauty the late guy barham who was a leading figure in tho the public life of los angeles had a well merited reputation for wll wit at a dinner party one evening mr barham sat beside a lady whose neck and shoulders were very beautiful proud of their beauty the lady always wore outrageously gowns but she would modify or veil this by means of a spray of orchids which however had more than once been known to fall out of place and now between the soup and the fish the orchids as their habit was dropped to the floor nir mr barham picked them up and restored them to the beautiful lady your lour tig fig leaf in madam adain h he le said |