Show WHY HE GOT NO ANSWER traveler learns that policeman was wan stickler for etiquette the policemen or of montevideo are mostly of indian origin they are always courteous and polite but they are great sticklers klers for etiquette through ignorance of their customs a foreigner sometimes finds himself lo in an embarrassing situation one day last summer a well dressed american gentleman stepped up to a policeman in the plaza cla and said in good spanish will you please tell wie TOO where the calle rincon Is the policeman looked haughtily at the stranger and turned away the american tried again with still more inore courtesy would you be so extremely kind as aa to accommodatingly tell me where the calle rincon fat la to td his astonishment ment the policeman retorted you have no manners sir air needless to say the american was quite abashed but he be had to find the calle rincon so he put tho the question to a spanish youth who was standing near the youth h answered cordially and went some little distance to direct the stranger properly after the american had thanked him he asked why did the policeman refuse to answer me mer because 11 replied the youth when you addressed him you neglected to take off your bat youths companion |