Show the salt of the earth it was as a damp day m when ben evil spir spirits its held high carnival many things went crosswise under the spell ot of their w witchery It chery but they exercised a particularly baleful influence on the salt which clogged and stuck and in spite of vigorous rigorous shaking and pounding refused to sift out of the boxes all the funchers lun chers in a restaurant found themselves handicapped by this aggregation of at seasonable particles one woman alone solved soiled the problem ot of salting her food properly she after repeated attempts to dislodge a few grains drew a steel hairpin from beneath her hat cleared the perforations in the top of the shaker stirred the salt to a powder bod and proceeded to season lor vegetables the man opposite sat amazed at this truly feminine expedient for running the unhorse once ho he seemed on the point ot of remonstrating but he thought better of it and went on eating in silence in fact act everybody remained silent except a tat fat man at a nearby table lie ile brought his face aco into alarming proximity to a plate plata ot of steaming soup and gurgled softly well ril ill be darned |