Mr. William M. Thomas, United States Minister to Sweden, called upon
the President lately and made him a present of several Swedish razors.
A Washington correspondent at once telegraphed to his newspaper in
New York: "He selected the razors himself and is a fine judge of them
though he does not use a razor." If the person who sent this important
dispatch wanted to secure an Old Master he, doubtless, would hire a
canal boatman to pass judgment upon the painting before he put his
money down.
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