Show the soup an I 1 water the countess of shaftesbury who was sir thomas lipton a guest at the yacht races Is a descendant of a noted english clergyman lady shaftesbury told an interesting story of this cler gyman to a woman reporter one afternoon in new york I 1 sly my great uncle she said had two peculiarities one was an un govern able temper the other a curiously e habit of mind manifest ed by a trick he had of beginning everything he said with the words here there Is a distinction at a dinner party one evening my great grea uncle overheard his host telling a beautiful young lady of his trick of saying always here I 1 make a dis dig lon the host said he would amuse the young lady by making my great uncle say here I 1 make a Us dis lon all through the evening ot of course at this my great uncle uncles s blood boiled ills his naturally violent temper was redoubled he got ready for his host the latter as soon as the soup came on winked at the young girl then he said to my distinguished relative yov are a clergyman tell me if it Is lawful to baptize with soup my aly great uncle smiled grimly here he said I 1 make a distinction at that everybody roared he ile paused till they were quiet then he went on lou ask me if it is lawful to bap aize with soup I 1 answer in soup in general no but in soup like yours yes for between this soup and water there la Is not the slightest difference then my geat uncle winked at the pretty young girl and she sm led af at with that night be he was teased no more |