No Entertainment

There was a very stingy man who never gave entertainments at home. One day, his neighbor obtained the use of his hall and gave a banquet there.

A passer-by who saw the scene of bustle and excitement asked the valet of the stingy man: "Is your master entertaining his guests today?"

"Decidedly not, " answered the valet. " It'll be a generation hence that you will hear of our master giving a dinner party. "

His master happened to overhear the remark and soundly berated him: "Who gave you leave to fix a date?"