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Show Preparing for It. Prof. M. I. Pupln, tho famous electrical elec-trical expert, told at tho dedicatory banquet ot the new woman's club the Colony, In Now York, an appropriate story. i "The excellence ot this repast," he said, "brlnss to my mind a story about a man whose repasts were by no means excellent "This man lived in my nntivo town of Idvor, and be was noted for his parsimony. par-simony. Let us call him Mr. Smith. "There was an old mujor In Idvor who said to his ,valet ono evening: "'Go and tell the cook to get me ready a chop and a poached egg.' " 'Pardon mo, major,' said the valet, but .have you forgotten that you ore dining with Mr. Smith to-night?" "The major frowned. "'Yes,' he said, 'I had forgotten it. Tell the cook to make it two chops and two poached eggs.'" |