Show too much for the frenchman A story is told of a frenchman who was very anxious to see an american business man at his home the first morning when he called at the house the maid replied to bla query the master Is not down yet meaning downstairs the following morning he called again and waa met ith the master Is not mean ing that he had not yet arisen from bs bed the frenchman looking at her with doubtful eye paused tor a few bec eec ands beet Is ver deel cult but beet ze mademoiselle will tell me when w master will be neither up nor down but in zo middle zen I 1 call at zat time joe mitchell chappie in the national magazine |