Show FOUND OUT JUST IN TIME or finger bowl would have bein bei n put to novel use the late william cassidy one time editor of the albany argus possessed the traditional irish wit on one oc cadion a number of years ago he was a guest at a political banquet in al bany at that time finger bowls were seldom used and their correct usage a passing fad meant to dip a corner of the napkin in the water and there with daintily cleanse the finger tips most af the men present eyed the in novation when introduced at dessert narrowly and uncertainly one after another ended by plunging the band into the crystal dish but mr robert pruyn a well known albany gentleman correctly moistened a bit of his napkin and laved his fingers mr cassidy watched him admiringly not having as yet touched his own glass that s good he whispered to a neigh bor good it pruyn done that I 1 should have put my toot in it harper s weekly |