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Show Instructions Sought. "Everybody," observes a New York woman, "knows one or more of those conscientious egotists who cannot rid themselves of the notion that no . one can, 'be trusted to carry out the simplest details of routine work .without .with-out their personal supervision. "It was one of this sort who went west, leaving in his brother's care a parrot of which he was fond. All the way out he worried about the bird, . and at Chicago he sent his brother the following telegram: " 'Be sure to feed the parrot.' "Whereupon brother telegraphed back: " 'Have fed him, but he Is hungry again. What shall I do next?' " |