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Show "No Congratulations." Whon Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck Schocnbauscu was born tho embarraused parents wrote to their friends: "Kindly dlaponso with congratulations." con-gratulations." Why? Tho ovont happened hap-pened In Germany, whero All Fools' day was BtlU significant. But Bismarck Bis-marck was born to tako tho sting out Ot Dor Tag. On ono thing, howover, ho remalnod a fool nearly his wholo life long his Idolatry of boor. Ills reply to thoso opposod to him In this matter mat-ter would probably have been to pYo-duco pYo-duco a huge silver Jug and fill It with Bavarian beer. "That is the head." he would say, "of Fiold Marshal Derf-(linger, Derf-(linger, conqueror of tho Swedes, and one of my ancestors." This Dorffllnger, when a boy, was apprenticed to a tailor. Ills master sent him for a Jug of beor. On his way back ho drank up tho beer, and In terror enlisted en-listed "with much ndvantngo to the Fatherland," ns Bismarck pointed out. But becrrproved Bismarck's undoing, un-doing, tind ho hadOo abandon tho habit hab-it by medical advice. , . |