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Show A Tactful Man Sir Robert Baden-Powell can always be relied upon to tell a story worth retelling. At the recent dinner of the Federation of Rambling Clubs he related re-lated an amusing Incident in which he and his wife were concerned while camping In a wood belonging to one of the newly rich. Lady Baden-Powell asked permission to put up a tent in the wood. After some hesitation, sanction was forthcoming. forth-coming. "But you must bring the general to see me," Insisted the landowner. Her ladyship pointed out the general, gen-eral, who was busy unharnessing the horse. "That him?" exclaimed the landowner. land-owner. "Good heavens! I thought he was tall, slim and well, handsome hand-some !" |