Show I REBUKED FROM THE PULPIT Pastoral Admonition Gently Conveyed Should Have Been Enough for Even Choir Boys The pastor of a small parish in a aNew aNew New Jers Jersey ey town tov was known Imo far and wide about the countryside for his quaint a ways s 's and arid eccentric habits He lie had a small choir which he ire augmented on special occasions with boys from the neighborhood The These e recruits were sometimes unruly and he did not always al- al al always l- l wn ways s 's find It easy to hold them within the proper boun bounds ls In the course of a Christmas mornIng mornIng morning morn- morn Ing sermon several choir boys be began an to eat peanuts surreptitiously and the crackling of the shells was plainly audible to the congregation At first the rector pal paid no attention to them but finally they got on his nerves Pausing ing after an Impassion ate outburst outburst outburst out out- burst of oratory he fixed his gaze sternly upon them and thus addressed th them m In reproving tones Boys you Boys you choir hays boys I mean If you ou must eat peanuts In church please oh oh please do not crunch the shells then turning again to the congregation I he resumed his discourse |