Show an awkward compliment inspector general hornaday of the grand army of the republic was re lating incidents of famous national encampments I 1 remember a little jap who at tended one of our banquets he said smiling and a queer compliment that he paid to a colonel s wife I 1 sat between the two and the lady said across to mr Tak ashira you compress the ladles feet in your country don t youa oh no madam that Is a chinese custom said the jap we japanese allow our ladles feet to grow to their full size not that and he bowed and hissed in the polite japanese way not that they could ever hope to rival yours madam |