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Show USED CHURCH AS SCHOOLROOM. Proceeding That 8omewhat Astonished Aston-ished the Sexton, The sexton of one church that keep! open doors all day lonj didn't know whether to regard the matter in the light of a desecration or a devotional exercise. He paid no attention wheD the three women, watched by a man who Btood at the lower end of the aisle, walked the length of the church and back again. Even when they made the trip a second time he scarcely gave them a thought, but when the trio started around the church a third time and the man called out, "Step a little more briskly, please," he began to wonder, and presently made inquiry. "I hope you won't bo offendod," the man replied. "I am a physical culture Instructor. I am teaching these young ladies to walk. I have already taught them to walk in the street, in the drawing room, in the theater and every place else they are likely to find themselves, them-selves, I am now teaching them to walk In church. Very few women can walk there properly. Some lope, some j swagger, some skip, others adopt a ' mincing gait. All these styles are very Inappropriate for church. A dignified, dig-nified, subdued gait alone is suitable for devotional purposes. Church is the best place for pupils In walking to receive practical instruction, therefore j 1 have brought them here." I "Great fathers!" gasped the sexton. "What next?" But he said no more till the walking walk-ing exercise was ended. Then he followed fol-lowed the class to the door. "I hope," he said, "you will practice the lesson learned to-day by coming here to church once in a while." |