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Show CIRCUMLOCUTION. The late Bishop Elder of Cincinnati was bora in Baltimore, and a Baltimorean said of him recently: "From bis childhood Bishop Eider baaV. the gift of direct and forcible speech. I once congratulated him on the possession of this gift, praising direct diction and condemning circumlocution, whereupon he said: " 'Circumlocution, though you condemn it, haa its visa It la a fine Instrument wherewith to soften harsh, v Unpleasant facts. There are. many cases where circumlocution cir-cumlocution Is valuable.' , " 'For instance. I once had a 'young man for a servant who was inclined to take too many liberties. " 'On a certain evening, for tbe entertainment enter-tainment of a guest of distinction, I procured pro-cured a very excellent game pate. Ail of It 'was not eaten; quite half. I should say. was left when the servant' removed it from the-table. f 'For luncheon, the next day, I thoOght I would have up the game pate again. I told my man to fetch it. He, with a eon-fused eon-fused air, said he didn't know where it Was. I told him to go, then, and ask the He ' departed and In" a Mile' while returned re-turned without the pate. "'Welir' said I. 'WellT where is tbe pate, JohnT . ; "'His reply was elrcamlocutlonary enoue-h to save him a. reprimand. " 'Pleas, sir.' be said. 'theoook tali me to tall you she told ma to eat it " |