CLEANLINESS, ITS ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES.
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A civil, quick, and steady lad Was wanting once a place, But nobody would hire him, He’d such a dirty face. In vain at waiting on the cook He showed his happy knack, For she declared against a boy Whose hands were always black. He tried to plead how quickly he Could heat and clean her oven, And called him “dirty sloven.” Poor boy, I really felt for him, And longed to take him in, When, lo? another lad appeared, As neat as a new pin. And who could doubt between the two, He quickly lost all hope; Yet was the only difference Caused by a little soap.
