IWWWWBIHICWMBIIUHNIi An English celebrity who is noted for his quickwittedness, his high temper, and his scarcity of cash, . was breakfasting nlono at his club one noon when a colkm tor broke in on him and presented his bill. The celebrity exploded. “ Don't you know any more of tho usages of decent society,” ho demanded, “ than to break in on a man while ho is breakfasting ? Don’t you even know the rule of any club 1 Go outside and send your card in!” The collector, humbly and abashed, withdrew. Following directions, he sent in his card, which the celebrity inspected through a monocle. “ Tell him,” ho told the club servant, “ that I’m not in.” “Please excuse the absence of Willie from school yesterday p.m. He had to take his father to the circus.”
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Evening Star, Issue 18374, 7 September 1923, Page 8
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132Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Star, Issue 18374, 7 September 1923, Page 8
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