Show FOUND OUT JUST IN TIME 1 or finger bow bowl would have been put to novel use the late william cassidy onetime one time editor of the albany argus possessed the traditional irish wit on one oc casion caslon a number of years ago be he was a guest at a political banquet in al bany at that time finger bowls were seldom used and their correct usage a passing fad meant to dip a corner of the napkin in the water and therewith daintily cleanse the finger tips most of the men present eyed the in novation when introduced at dessert narrowly and uncertainly one after another ended by plunging the hand into the crystal dish but mr robert pruyn a well known albany gentleman correctly moistened a bit of his napkin and laved his fingers mr air cassidy watched him admiringly not having as yet touched his own glass that a good he whispered to a neigh bor good it if pruyn badat t done that I 1 should have put my foot 14 in it harper s weekly |