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Show SPIRIT WUXnfQ; FLESH WEAK. A dinner was given recently In Philadelphia Phila-delphia to Lawrence Townsend, the American Minister to Belgium. Mr. Townsend talked at this dinner about his experiences abroad. Among other things he said: "In Belgium, as a rule, when English is spoken to you. It is excellent English. Now and then, though; you come upon some very curious mistakes. "I attended a musical one day at an English woman's apartment. An admirable ad-mirable amateur on the violin was the guest of honor. The man played and played, for the encores wers persistent, till finally he got a little tired. He wished to say politely to his hostess that he was too weary to play any longer, long-er, nnd the words he used wers these: " 'Madam, der ghost lss ready, but der meat lss feeble.' " |