31 OCTOBER 1896, Page 17

UNCONSCIOUS PERVERSIONS.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —The following story you may think worthy of adding to your list. A verger was showing a lady over a church. She asked him if his vicar was a married man. He answered,

"No, he is a chalybeate ! "—I am, Sir, &c., E. B.