Show eating oak says a gentleman who attended th re cent methodist conference in washington 1 I was amused at the way in which a few english delegates conducted themselves at the hotel it reminded me ot the story told about matthew Ar noldon the occasion of his visit to this country when at cleveland he was generously entertained one morning hia host put before him at the breakfast table among other things buckwheat cakes for a long time neither he nor hig bif took any cakes but noticing that his american friends ate them with a great ap parent reliah and gusto he gingerly tobb one on bis plate and tasted it very crit icalla then leaning over to hia wife ha eaid better try one deah they all not alf so as they look new york tribune |