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Show Simple Explanation This joke, which was recently for ' warded to prove that scientific men can be witty as well as wise, should tie ' read aloud: A colleague of !r. Grnn ! Brown, the fatuous Kdlnl.urgh pro- fessor of chemistry, once came to him concerning an Indian medical student 1 whose F.ngiish was defective. "We cannot pass this man." he said j "He is quite illiterate ; he simply caD-not caD-not spell. Why, he has spelt proceed with one 'e'." "From what p'lfe does come?' asked Doctor Brown. ; "From Ceyion." ; At once Doctor" r.rown flashed back; ! "That explains 1L Tha' the iiiid at the Cingalese I" I f |