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Show Revelation Put Beau in Unfavorable Light P.utler Gluenzer, critic and poet, was lulklng about a biography of George Washington that does not flutter the Father of his Country. "Few men's lives at that," he said, "can stiind the searchlight as well us Washington's stands it A girl turned the searchlight on her beau once, and If the poor fellow came out badly In one way well, we'd all come out badly in another. "This poor fellow I'm speaking of gave his girl an umbrella on her birthday. birth-day. She didn't like the umbrella any too well, and since the ticket of the department store where It bad been bought was tied to the handle, she decided to exchange it without Buying anything to anybody beforehand. before-hand. "So she trotted to the department store, went to the exchnnge man and suld : " i'd like to exchange this umbrella, please, for another at the same price.' "'With pleasure, madam,' said the man. He wus all smiles and bows. But after he'd unwrapped the umbrella umbrel-la he looked very stern. "This umbrella,' he said, "wasn't bought from us, madam.' "'Oh. yes. It was,' said the girl. 'Look, there's your ticket on It' "'Ah, yes,' said the man, that's our ticket our ticket for re-covering.' " Detroit Free Press, |