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29 * CHILD TRAINING

Cause and effect

126. Two congressmen were lamenting the death of a colleague who had passed on the day before. "I understand," observed one, "that our friend T -- left very few effects."

"It would not be otherwise," replied his friend. "He had very few causes."

Chauvinism

127. An American staying in a London hotel was introduced to a man from Edinburgh who asked him, "An' what country do you belong tae P"

"The greatest country in the world!" replied the American. "Mon! So dae," replied Sandy, "but you dinna speak like a Scotsman."

128. An aged woman, born and nurtured in the South, was endeavoring to impress upon her nephews and nieces the beauties of the South and its people, when one of the young men spoke up.

"Auntie," he asked, "do you think that all of the virtues originated and have been preserved by the Southern people?"

"No, not all, but most of them," she replied.

"Do you think that Jesus Christ was a Southerner?" asked the young man.

The old lady hesitated a moment and then said: "He was good enough to be a Southerner!"

Child training

129. Never slap a child in the face. It is well to remember that there is a place for everything.