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Show Overcoming a Difficulty. Reference at a social affair was made to the ingenuity of school children chil-dren in getting around difficult questions, ques-tions, when Kepresentntlve Frauk Lester Les-ter Greene, of Vermont, recalled a fitting fit-ting anecdote. One afternoon the teacher of a public pub-lic school was Instructing a juvenile class in geography, and after others had answered various questions, she turned to a small boy named Jimmy. "James," said she, "describe to me the route you would take if you were going to Bermuda." "Tes, ma'am," returned Jimmy, a little lit-tle doubtfully. "I would go to New York and then and then " "Yes, Jimmy," interposed the teacher. teach-er. "What would you do then?" "Why, I would get on a steamer," answered Jimmy, with a happy inspiration, in-spiration, "and leave the rest to the captain." |