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Show She Meant Well. To say the fitting thing In acknowledgment acknowl-edgment of a favor Is something of a tax on the conversational powers of most people; when the recipient Is unfamiliar un-familiar with the conventional phrases used or gets confused In using them, comical situations occur, as In this In-I In-I stance reported In Harper's Magazine. Two sisters of a deceased cook called to acknowledge) tho (lowers sunt by tho family. "Wo camo to thank you for thoso beautiful flowers that you sent for sister," snld tho elder woman; and 'then, with n Uttlo stutter, stut-ter, slio added, "and wo hopo soon to bo nblo to return the favor." From tho Outlook. |