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Show KIPLING'S TALE TO STUDENTS. (Boston Herald.) Rudyard Kipling concluded his recent address to the students of McGill university uni-versity with an attack on "smartness." He said: " ) "Whenever and wherever you find one of your dear little playmates showing signs of smartness in his work, his talk or his play, take him tenderly by the hand, by both hands, by the back of the neck, if necessary, and lovingly, playfully, playful-ly, but firmly lead" him to a knowledge of higher and more interesting things." Afterward Mr. Kipling told' a story about a smart man. "This man," he said, "owned a dry goods store, and one day, to his great disgust, he heard a new clerk say to a lady: " 'No. madam; we have not had any for a long time.' "With a fierce glance at the clerk the smart employer rushed up to the lady and said: " 'We have plenty in reserve, ma'am; nlentv UDStairs.' "Lady and clerk looked dazed, and afterward aft-erward the smart proprietor learned that the clerk's remark had been made In answer an-swer to the lady's 'We haven't had any rain lately.' " , |