An American Senator, who is very short-sighted, while at dinner one evening in an hotel, experienced considerable difficulty in separating what he thought was a chooolate from the plate passed him by a coloured waiter. It stuck fast, so the Senator pushed his fork under it, and tried again and again to prize it up. Suddenly he ber came aware that his friends at the table were convulsed with laughter, a fact which Vr greatlf mystified him.. But his surprise was even greater when the waiter quietly remarked, "Pardon me, Senator, but that's my thumb!'
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8315, 13 May 1905, Page 7
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