The Answer To Her Question

Mr. Goldberg, a prosperous furrier, sent his daughter to Europe to get some culture and maybe meet a rich fellow. A few months later she wrote and asked papa to send her a book on etiquette. "Real fine people she is meeting," he thought to himself. Five months later she wrote for another book on etiquette. "Princes she is going with," said Goldberg and jumped for joy. After two years Becky came home. Mr. Goldberg met her at the pier and was taken aback when she appeared with a child in her arms. "Whose baby?" he asked. "Mine," she replied. "And the father?" She shook her head. "I don't know, Papa." Goldberg wept in despair. "Two books on etiquette you got and you don't even know to ask, 'With whom have I the pleasure?'" Books can't help; even two books on etiquette won't make you cultured. A thousand books on spirituality and you will not become spiritual. It is not a question of becoming more informed. It is a question of transformation, not of information.