Show TALES OF TH DAY The Butcher and the Bride Chicago News Diplomacy is not confined con-fined to politics by any means There are many diplomatists in the humbler walks of life private citizens who by the exercise of a little tact are entitled to climb steadily upward A notable example of this class of citizens cit-izens Is a butcher who carries on a flourishing business in one of the numerous numer-ous suburbs of the city No matter what his customers want he has i ready for them and many of them trust him Implicitly Im-plicitly In the selection of nil their meat Several days ago a new customer entered en-tered the store and timidly asked for a steak From her manner It was evident she was a bride for she blusheddeeply when she stated she wanted a steak just large enough for two The diplomatist smiled broadly as he laid I rather scrawnylookinK piece of meat on the counter and asked briskly I 1 h Thats about what you want Isnt i Its built for two you know The bride blushed still more vividly as she replied I hardly know Has It been hung up lonRNot Not half an hour was the prompt answer as the butcher deftly pared oft the rancid fat rancd Im afraid i wont do then because my cook book says that the meat must be ripe gently murmured the young lady For a moment the butcher was at a loss for a reply then gathering himself together to-gether returned as he threw the meat on the scales and caught I up before I the proper weight was ascertained I Thats all right madam The cookbook cook-book meant that the cow should have attained please at-tained a ripe age Twentyfive cents How the Home Was Wrecked Chicago Evening Post The fair young l thing had only been married I short time and she was in tears when she sought the home of her parents again Its all over she told her mother Harold and I have separated forever I that Oh I guess its not so bad as all thatYes Yes i Is asserted the fair young thing I guess I know I was all beg be-g of a little question of economy Economy rYes r-Yes We both agreed that economy was necessary and we were just as nice and generous to each other as possible until until She burst Into tears and for a longtime long-time refused to be comforted Until what Inquirer her mother as soon as there was an opportunity Until It came to the question as to whose bicycle was to be sold for we were unanimous In the opinion that we could only afford to keep one Then the mother realized that the breach was Indeed a serious one |