Show PUTT PUTTING NG IT POLITELY There Is a well-known well clubman In Washington a man of ot such lIuch conserva- conserva conservatism Ism that hn hI Is rarely known to answer a plain yes or no to the most trivial question On one occasion two women of his ac acquaintance acquaintance acquaintance ac- ac were discussing this peculiarIty peculiar peculiar- Ity ty of the clubman when one of them announced that she was willing to wager ager that she could make the Ute conversa- conversa tive individual say no flatly The wager being accepted she addressed the clubman thus Let me see Mr 1 Robinson you are a widower are you not As much a widower madam he answered with a polite bow as it is possible possible possible pos pos- sible for tor a man to be who was never mar mar- ried Harpers Harper's Weekly I |