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Show Wounding the King's English. One of Washington's wealthiest women is another Mrs. Malaprop, and her acquaintances tell many a weird story of her manipulation of the King's English. Once a friend said to her: "Mrs. Blank, how well and strong your daughter looks." "Yes," was the answer, "Mary is so well; in fact, I think she is the most indelicate girl in Washington." Another time some one said in reference ref-erence to Mary's return from abroad, "Where is Mary now?" The mother Malaprop answered, "She is at Paris and she would spend all her time there, if she could. She is the greatest great-est Parasite I have ever known," She also informed some one that her husband's costume at a masked ball was very effective, that "he went In the garbage of a monk." Another time her daughter's hand was praised for its beauty and she said: "Yes, Daisy has a beautiful hand, and the next time we go to Italy we intend having a bust made of Daisy's hand." |