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Show Conquers His Shyness. A certain surgeon who was very young and rather shy was invited to dinner by a ladv who was at least 50. but frivolous i , . , enough for 20. She imagrlned herself very clever when making rude remarks. At dinner she aked the young surgeon to carve the fowl, and, not having done so before, he failed lamentably. Instead of trying to cover his confusion, the hostess called attention to it pointedly by looking down the table and saying loudly: 'Well, you may be a very clever sur- geon, but if I wanted a ley off I ': not come to you to dc it." "No, madam," he replied politely, then, you see, you are not a chicitt' Htrav fttorip.M. |