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Show Woman Was Not Impressed. Duilng tho recent visit of MaJ. Gen. Baden-Powell to Liverpool tho ladles of tho city In particular paid him apodal apo-dal honor and so Impressed him that ho rociprocatcd by rexeallng Uie woll-kept woll-kept secret of why ho is not a bono-diet. bono-diet. "The ladles nro critical," ho pleaded, "and seo no great points In mo. I havo had that pretty straight from ono of thorn myself." And he told tho story of how when In South Africa his duty was to tell an old Dutch lady that she must leavo her house, which was wanted ns a pollco station. He told the lady to go and presumed sho would obey. Finding In n few days sho was still In possession, posses-sion, ho sent his men to turn her out. Sho refused to go and sho said no one had told her. "Oh, yes," replied a sergeant, "tho general told you him-self." him-self." Then camo madam's silencing retort: "You don't mean to say that little red-faced man was tho general!" |