Dirt


We are more particular nowadays about cleanliness than were those of a

past generation. Charles Lamb, during a whist game, remarked to his

partner:



"Martin, if dirt were trumps, what a hand you'd have!"



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The French aristocrats were not always conspicuously careful in their

personal habits. A visitor to a Parisian _grande dame_ remarked to her

hostess:



"But how dirty your hands are."



The great lady regarded her hands doubtfully, as she replied:



"Oh, do you think so? Why, you ought to see my feet!"



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