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Show Not Always Amusing George N. Peck, the farm leader, was talking to a New York reporter about nbsentmlndedness. "Absentmlndedness," he said, "Is usually amusing. Sometimes, though, it's anything but that No doubt you remember the absentmlnded gentleman gentle-man at the dlaner party who turned to his hostess and said: "I must apologize for this atrocious atro-cious dinner. My cook gets worse and worse. I'll pack her off tomorrow." tomor-row." 'Terhaps It was this same gentleman, gentle-man, who at another dinner party, slapped his forehead and said In a loud, angry voice : "Botheration ! I didn't want to come here tonight. I intended to forget, hut I forgot to forget. Botheration Both-eration !' " |