Show A DINNER TABLE MISHAP servant performs hia his duty to the letter of instruction st marcel prevost me french novelist is a favorite in the american colony in par s says the wash wasil beti n S ar Wn Wit eLever I 1 see an ambi ua sh blib op aa d M prevost at an american dinner parly party I 1 laugh a little to my sell for the good man mans s stately pres ence a me ot of a terrible mishal that oce olee o ce betell befell me I 1 entertained a certain bashop b shop last year at dinner my builer butler an elderly maa had brought in from a frie friend rAid s heue an inexperienced inexpert encee lad to help him in the din ng room and it deemi u that this lad during me laying of the cloth annoyed the butler beyond en ell durance with questions as to his du ties how flow shall I 1 hold the do I 1 serve the dishes on the right or on the left side of the guests must the bishop be served first or second so he continued interminably and at last the imp impatient outler aid all you will need to do will be t to 0 stand behind the bishop s chair and whenever his lordship puts down his bib glass you must reach over and wipe his mouth with a napkin that as the butler expected et at fenced lanced his assistant but the young man actually tool the butler a iron irolia cal tat remark for a serious order As soon as tinner cinner began he stationed himself beh bell nd the bishop wa led till tid his ip had drunk and put down hil big glas and then as del b bately a ao hia nervousness would remit permit he opened out a large napkin and wiped the dig rifled old gentleman s mouth imagine ray my horror N |