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Show FIT FOR THE ASYLUM. Certa'nly there are times when it were wiser to refrain from parleying either in the form of digression di-gression or query. Cerebral paucity renders silence always ad visable unless one wishes to make a break or to render himself still more imbecile in the mind of the earworn listener. In consequence, when this certain candidate for Bloomingdale called on an elderly and religiously re-ligiously disposed dame of his acquaintance, far better had it been to let others do the conversation conversa-tion instead of verbally butting in. The topic was a favorite nephew of the hostess. "What is William doing now?" inquired one of the callers. "I am glad to say," smirked the gratified lady, "that he has conformed to my urgent request re-quest and is a student of divinity." Alas, for the ungodly query of the cheerful lunatic. "Who is the divinity?" he politely asked. And conversation became general, with the weather as a topic. Town Topics. |