Show fin t SIMPLE STATEMENT OF FACT Mr Johnson Unable to See Where In Any Way He Had Put His Foot In It It Is common to doploro the lack of humor in n person Yet the very want of It may save certain amount of embarrassment ntt li was tho case on a certain occasion with President Johnson lie was ono day says a writer In Harpers Magazine visitIng visit-Ing my mother and a friend Mrs Knox a widow camo In Sho had known Mr Johnson somo years before be-fore when bo was a member of the legislature but they had not met slnco thonAft After mutual recognition Mr Johnson Enid How Is Mr Knox I have not eOn him lately 110 has boon dead six yoars said Mrs Knox I thought I hadnt seen him on the street said Mr Johnson When Mrs Knox loft my mother said laughing That was a funny mistake mis-take of yours about Mr Knox What mistake did I mako said Johnson I said 1 hadnt neon him on tho street and I hadnt |