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Show FOUND OUT JUST IN TIME. Or Finger Dowl Would Have Deen Put to Novel Uae, Tho late William Caeeldy, onetime ed'tor of Iho Albany Argue poeed tho traditional Irtah wit On one oc caalon, a number of yeara ago, he was a guest at a political banquet In Al bany. At that time finger howl wero seldom used, and their correct usage (a posslng fad) meant to dip n corner of tho napkin In the water and therewith there-with daintily cleanse the finger tip Most of the men present eyed tho Innovation, In-novation, when Introduced at deseert, narrowly and uncertainly. One after another ended by plunging tho hand Into tho crystal dlah Hut Mr. Hobert l'ruyn, n well known Albany gentle, man, correctly molatened n bit of his napkin nnd laved hla finger Mr. Caasldy watched blm admiringly, not baring as yet touched hi own glaas "That' good, ' he whlapered tonnetgh bor. "That good if l'ruyn hadnt done that 1 ahould havo put my foot In 1L" Harper a Weekly |