The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-18
False Teeth Divided a Church

At every meeting of the Congregational Sun
day school superintendent, says the Boston
Herald, some one tells a good story in illustra-
ton of some point which he wishes to bring out
The meeting last night in Berkeley temple took
up again the topic that was left unfinished at
the last monthly meeting: What Can the
Sunday School Learn from the Public SCHOOL,"
This subject gradually led up to the Choice
Tenure and Change of Teachers in the Sunday
school,, " in which c. w. Carter spoke at length
His remarks led to very funny story by Z. o.
Bullock.
Mr. Carter spoke of the necessity of having
good teachers as something which every one
admitted but he recognized the fact that to get
the best teachers was an exceedingly difficult
thing. To change teachers often was a great
injury to a school, and he thought, therefore
that it was often better to keep teacher who
was not strictly t1rst-class rather than risk the
alternative aud hurt the teachers feelings
deeply besides.
Then Mr.. Bullock arose.
There was once a country parish - he said ,
where the choir was led for a very long time
by the wife of one of the deacons. For ten
years she sang acceptably to the people and
for several years more she did not sing accept
able Then it was made worse by her getting a
set of false teeth. These teeth came out one day
when she was singing, and the deacon's wife
didn't like it.
The minister and the congregation didn't
like 1t, either. But the former was like Brother
Carter and said we will wait a while IL would
be too bad to hurt the feelings of the deacon's
wife. So h. waited. The teeth came out a
good many times during the next year or So
but the deacon's wife still sung. When her
teeth came out, OF course some OF the congre-
cation laughed. Finally the minister was
obliged to do something. He decreed that if
the deacons wife was to sing in the choir the
congregation should stand back to the choir
Some of the congregation complied, some
didn't. That created a division in the church
Neither side would yield an inch, and to-day
there are two churches where there was then
NFNIHy ana oil 4,,t-A
hurting the feelings of the deacon's wife,
DID Not Like the Sound of Water.
A society man, who was once an actor, SAYS
the Detroit Tree 2. ess, related the other day a
rather amusing story of his last appearance.
While in Chicago met my old friend Harry
Lee.
What are you doing, old mang be asked
" Nothing, | replied.
Then you can take part in a new piece I
am about to put on.
I've given up tae stage
Never mind no one need know it is you
so | consented. The night of the perform
ance was ready to go on, when noticed there
was waterfall in the scene.
" I can never speak my lines, said to Harry
"Why not?'
"T cawn't stand falling water. 1t makes me
nervous
Harry looked puzzled.
" i don see what we are going to do Are
you sure you couldn't get on?'
." Positive, deah boy
'''Then we'll have to shut off the waterfall
for your scene. AS you make your entrance
you pass the hose. You can bend over and turn
off the water
II heard my cue: q have got you at my
mercy AS passed the hose l turned the stop
cock. Then rushed upon the stage, excaim-
ing: Hold Spare the child
There a whirr. The next moment l
found myself deluged with water which fell
upon my devoted head. like small Niagara |
had turned on the waterfall full force | fin
ished she tcene amid the laughter of the audi
ence and finally made an ignominious exit,
feeling as if the villain and 1 had changed
places"