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Show Ch.r.tt.r In I 11" i. There arv few things by which character char-acter I more unmlstikably portrayed than by a tnan'a ohoi of fool and th-) manner In which be devours it lu hi preference for uuarse or dellcato edibles or lack of prefe renco for any tn the deliberate de-liberate slowness or vonutou quick ieM with which he consume them traits of character otherwise hidden aro reveal! Th dlnfwr of a oj to ant an infallible Index of the national life It ha lie-ra Jtutty said that ttivre 1 a w twle grolngtcal cycle of trogn-Mlro dvillxattnn between tho clammy dougli out of w hich a etatoeiiit might be mold ed ami tlie brlttlf tllms that melt, upon lbs tongue like (lake vf lukewarm anow In Hnglaii 1 one of the teeta by which the varloti rtle lu the state church are unerringly dlttiugnlsbed I the test ciuvitlal For example, tt 1 Mid thnt some j ears ago a clergyman tu tint country went tonbnirl to order n din 1 wr for a humber of clerical friend I 'May I ask, air " said tlie waiter gr ive-I ive-I ly "wrwther the parly It high olinruli or . low churcliT 'Now what on earth," I crtod tho ilergyman, "da my frlenl onlnloua matter to J oar "A great dml, lir," rvjuinwd the waiter "If high churuli, t must proiid more wine, if low church more wittlee IVufoeeor William Matthew lu Hoton Traveler. |