Show WISDOM NOT WELL FOUNDED A woman of little learning who calleia capoa dr IIo imes 1 I remember once in my experience remarked a literary youner woman of taking several ladies to call on the late dr oliver wendell Holmes when iwas I was in school in boston I 1 had known the holmes since childhood and went there pretty much as I 1 pleased and often took friends of mine with me to see the doctor on this occasion one of the ladies was a young married woman who had never read any of dr books and she insisted that I 1 coach her a bit so that she would not make any mistakes I 1 told her several titles and dwelt especially upon the autocrat of the breakfast table because that was my favorite she was an intelligent person and was a rapid learner so that when we started out I 1 felt sure that she would do me credit well everything went swimmingly along and she wisely kept silent on the book question except to second the compliments of of us who were conversant with the doctors books that is swimmingly until just as we were leaving then she seemed to think she ought to say something and she did I 1 was listening as it happened for I 1 had grown a little careless and had she going to try herself oh doctor she said in a little burst of enthusiasm 1 I want to tell you how much I 1 have enjoyed your books and particularly the autograph of the breakfast table well I 1 thought I 1 should drop right through the floor and I 1 kind of gasped and waited to see what the doctor would do but my alarm was needless hu simply smiled into her face and in his kindliest kind liest manner thanked her and said that many people thought the autograph was the best thing he had ever done think of that concluded the young woman he even said autograph as she had said it and she never knew the difference until we got outside and then if she know the difference I 1 dont think I 1 ever showed anybody there was any difference in any thin washington star |