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Show ON THE DINING-ROOM RUG. "The old ada'j;e. 'Where ignorance: is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise,' is cer-1 tainly true in manv cases," said Frederick Fred-erick Thomson, the motion-picture director, di-rector, recently. 'Mrs. Consomme could well testlfv to the truth of it. "Mrs Consomme arrived at the ho-! tel In the ..iountalns and found, to her dismay, that her diamond brooch was missing Thinking that she must have dropped it on the thick, soft dininsr room rug, she wired to the maid at home: " 'Let me know immediately If ou find anything on the rug in dining din-ing room?" A couple of das later a wire was receued from the maid which read: "'Dear Madam I was to let you know if I found anything on tho din Infrnnm riif Thic la trhot I (imi4 this morning: five champagne corks twenty-four cigar ends, twelve cigarette cigar-ette ends, forty-eight burnt matches, two automobile veils and one pale blue satin slipper.' " |