Show JOHN CHINAMAN TOO LITERAL celestial learned his lesson alto gether too well when the andersons went to call tornia they rented a small furnished house and engaged a chinese man of all work by the name of wing when they were settled the neigh began to call and it was then that the tact was discovered that wing was absolutely devoid of any ideas as to the ushering in or out of guests so one morning the la dies determined to instruct him providing him with a tray miss ander bon went out and rang the bell was shown into the parlor and waited while the chinaman carried her card to mrs anderson this nas repeated several times until the ladles were quite satisfied that wing was perfect in his role that evening at 8 SO the bell rang wing shuffled majestically to the door while mother and daughter stood breathless at the top of the stairs to watch developments they heard a gentleman s voice ask it the ladles were at home they saw wing present his tray and receive a card and then they saw him draw a card from his sleeve mine gasped miss anderson the one we used for the lesson wing compared the two carefully and returning the one which the call er had just handed him he remarked blandly no good no can come and calmly shut the door in the face of the astonished guest ram s horn |