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Show A DIPLOMATIC HELPMEET. The wife of Senator Bingham used to tell a pleasant story of the time when her husband was trying to get votes in the Pennsylvania Legislature. He gave a dinner party to a number of the members, one of whom managed to break a plate-one of an exquisite set of Sevres of great value. The clumsy guest fell into an agony which Mrs. Bingham at once soothed by saying, with a careless air: "It is of no sort of consequence, for this ware is exceedingly brittle, and breaks very easily: just look"-and to illustrate her statement she took up another of the priceless plates and placidly broke it into bits with a knife. Fresh plates were brought and the clumsy member was so pleased and relieved that, as soon as might be, be voted for the husband of this woman of taste. |