| Show self Is a trait there is nothing like self possession in all emergencies not long ago 1 clever woman was dining at a handsome board in an interior city she had never as it happened seen lime juice offered in the course of a meal when the bottle was handed around some salad had just been served to her and without giving the matter any thought she assumed the liquid to be a sauce pi for the salad and dashed a few drops on her lettuce hearts in an instant she became aware by that sort of intuition which ia in the air at anch times that ehe bail done something wrong and when she saw her neighbor adding some of the contents of the bottle to his glass of water she divined at once what her blunder had been the meal progressed and she finished her salad with apparent relish her hostess pressed more upon her and she accepted a second serving then with a little air of not having everything quite to her liking she looked up and down tho table and signaled the waitress the lime juice please she said nonchalantly chal antly as if salad without limo juice were an uneatable dish this bit of adroitness at once set her in a niche among the company as an epicure of occult and unquestioned knowledge her points of view in new york times |
