"There is a woman of my acquaintance," says a physician, "who has more ideas with respect to scientific hygiene than has a whole colony of physicians. She is unmistakably 'up' on microbes and bacteria.
"A friend was one day engaged in conversation with this lady, which incidentally touched upon her hobby, when the little girl of the household appeared.
"'Mamma,' said she, 'I would like to go over to Katharine's for a minute.'
"'And why?' asked the mother.
"'Oh,' explained the scientifically reared youngster to the utter horror of her careful mother, 'I lent her my chewing gum yesterday, and now I want it myself.'"
AS HE UNDERSTOOD IT
"During the taking of a religious census of the District of Columbia one winter," relates a Representative from Tennessee, "a couple of young ladies who were engaged in the work stopped at my home on Capitol Hill, and when the bell rang it was answered by the negro boy I brought from Tennessee with me. One of the ladies asked him:
"'Will you please tell me who lives here?'
"'Yessum; Mistah Johnsing,' was the answer.
"'Is he a Christian?'