The Unmentionable
When her daughters were very small girls, a society woman gave a high tea at which one of the guests was to be the senior J P Morgan. The girls were to be brought in, introduced and ushered out. Her great fear was the possibility that Anne, the most outspoken of them, might comment audibly upon Mr Morgan’s celebrated and conspicuous nose.
She, therefore, took pains to explain to Anne that personal observations were impolite, and to caution her especially against making any comment upon Mr Morgan’s nose, no matter what she might think of it. When the moment came and the children were brought in, the lady held her breath as she saw Anne’s gaze unfalteringly fix upon this object and remain there. Nonetheless, the introduction was made, the little girls curtsied and were sent on their way.
With a sigh of relief she turned back to her duties as hostess and said to her chief guest, “And now, Mr Morgan, will you have cream or lemon in your nose?”
Categories: Humor