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Show It Pays to Tip. Jean Gerardy. the well fcn-wn 'cellist, 'cel-list, at a dinner In Pl-'Iade'.plila. praised prais-ed American wit. "You nro all witty," ho said. "From your millionaire down to our gamin you nro iiulck, nlmblo i i 1 sparkling In retort "Your gamins' wit Is sometimes cruel It caused a friend of mlno to flush nnd mutter nn evil oath one day In New York. "My friend, In n hurry to catch a train, ran out ot his hotel toward a cab, and a ragged llttlo boy opened tho cab door for him nud handed In bis aline. "He gnvo the hoy nothing. In his hurry, you see, ho forgot. "The disappointed urchin smiled sourly, anil called this order to tho driver: " 'Nearest poorhouso, cabby.' " |