Article June 8, 1907 Issue

"I've become acquainted with several Christian Scientists...

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[From the New York Sun.]

"I've become acquainted with several Christian Scientists since I came to New York," said a business man the other day, "and from the first I've noticed how different their small talk is from that of the other people I meet. They never find fault with the weather, never criticise their friends, or for that matter speak evil of any one. They never discuss sickness or symptoms, and whenever a conversation drifts into an unhealthful channel they invariably try to get it back to some wholesome, interesting topic. Germs, bad water, poor ventilation, and the like are all crossed off their list of small talk subjects. A draught is simply a "current of God's fresh air" and not a thing to be dreaded and discussed, as is usually the case.

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