Show MUST BE POLITE TO POLICE visitor to montevideo finds it feces sary aary to take off his hat when addressing patrolman the policemen of montevideo are mostly of indian origin they are always courteous and polite but the are great sticklers klers for etiquette through ignorance of their customs a foreigner sometimes finds himself in an embarrassing situation situation one day last summer a well dressed american stepped up to a policemen in the plaza and said in very good spanish will swill you please tell me where the calla rincon la in the policeman looked haughtily at the stran stranger gerand and turned away the american tried again with still more courtesy would you be so extremely kind as to very accommodatingly tell tall me where the calla rincon Is to his astonishment the policeman retorted you have no manners sir air needless to say the american was quite abashed but he had to find the calla rincon so BO he put the question to a spanish youth who was standing near the youth answered very cordially and went some little distance to direct the stranger properly after th the american had thanked him he shed why did the poll policeman ceman refuse to answer me because replied the youth when you addressed him you neglected to take oft off your hat bat youths cimpean ton ion |