A Finished Rebuke

Hon. George Kussen, in ms "Becollections and Collections, " tells the following story of Jewett, the famous master of Balliol college: "The scène was the master' s own dining room, and the moment that the ladies had left the room one of the guests bogan a most outrageous conversation. Every one sat flabbergasted. The master winced with annoyance, and then, bending down the table toward the offender, eaid in his shrillest tone, 'Shall we continue this conversation in the drawing room?' and rose from his chair. It was really a stroke of genius thus both to termínate and to rebuke the impropriety without violating the decorum due from host to guest."