Show I I TOOTHPICKS S AS A DIET DIETA A well wan known sculptor tells tho fol rol story Whenever I see Ilea a 11 toothpick I 1 think of a dinner that was W 8 given Riven In Rome in honor of two Turkish noblemen I 1 sat beside the younger of tho the no noblemen blen He lie glittered with gold em embroidery and BAd great groat diamonds but nev nay nevertheless I 1 pitied him sincerely for he was wu strange trans to our table manners and anil some of his errors were both ludicrous and painful I Toward tho the dinners end a servant extended to the young youn man a n plato plate of or toothpicks lIe He waved the plate away saying in a low tow and bitter voice No thank you I 1 have already eat eM eaten eaten en tn two of the accursed things and I want no more Independent |