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Show Point of Comparison Hard on the Russians Bonsld McPherson, the rich Pittsburgh Pitts-burgh promoter, said on his return from Russia : "The Russian government's moral sense Is about equal to old Gobsa Goald's sense of etiquette. "Old Gobsa Goald, the profiteer, was eating dinner In his tapestry-hung dining room when the bishop called for a subscription, you know. "The bishop came In timidly. The butler and the four footmen In the dining room awed him. "'Don't let me disturb you, Mr. Goald,' he said. T can call another time.' "'No, no,' sold Gobsa. Take a chair, do.' "And then be added with a polite society smile: "Yon'll excuse me not eatin' this here rich puddin' with my knife, blsh it's so darn thin and sloppy.' " |