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ARRISON, aged four, was taken by his mother to pay his first visit to his grandparents in a distant city. It was his grandfather's custom to have "silent grace" before each meal was placed upon the table, and Harrison's mother explained to him that when he was at the table he would see his grandfather bow his head and maintain silence for a few moments, and that he should do likewise.

When the family sat down to dinner, Harrison watched his grandfather, and the moment he bowed his head Harrison did the same. After a short period of silence, long enough, Harrison thought, he cried out, to the mortification of his mother:

"Amen. I'm out first!"

ENNETH was having a lesson in color, and finally his aunt touched her gray skirt and asked, "What color is this?"

Kenneth hesitated and then said, "Dark white."

"No," laughed his aunt. "Dark white isn't a color. Think again."

Kenneth fidgeted, but at last he said, confidently, "If it isn't dark white it must be light black."