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HE older members of the family having departed in gala attire to attend a wedding, the two-year-old Elbridge inquired of sister Helen, aged five, "What is a wedding?" "I'm afraid you're too young to understand," was the worldly-wise reply, "but it's something between a funeral and dancing-school."

LARA overheard her parents talking about Bible names.

"Is my name in the Bible?" she asked.

"No, dear."

"Didn't God make me?"

"Yes."

"Then why didn't He say something about it?"