CURIOSITY


The Christmas church services were proceeding very successfully when a

woman in the gallery got so interested that she leaned out too far and

fell over the railing. Her dress caught in a chandelier, and she was

suspended in mid-air. The minister noticed her undignified position and

thundered at the congregation:



"Any person in this congregation who turns around will be struck

stone-blind."

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A man, whose curiosity was getting the better of him, but who dreaded

the clergyman's warning, finally turned to his companion and said:



"I'm going to risk one eye."





A one-armed man entered a restaurant at noon and seated himself next to

a dapper little other-people's-business man. The latter at once noticed

his neighbor's left sleeve hanging loose and kept eying it in a

how-did-it-happen sort of a way. The one-armed man paid no attention to

him but kept on eating with his one hand. Finally the inquisitive one

could stand it no longer. He changed his position a little, cleared his

throat, and said: "I beg pardon, sir, but I see you have lost an arm."



The one-armed man picked up his sleeve with his right hand and peered

anxiously into it. "Bless my soul!" he exclaimed, looking up with great

surprise. "I do believe you're right."





_See also_ Wives.



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