“What funny western people,

To sit around a table!”

Smiled Wo Yen Locks.

“And eat their funny victuals,

Boiled in iron kettles,

With knives and forks!”

“What funny orientals,

To squat down on the floor,—

(My, what a fix!)

To eat their rice and honey,”

Laughed Beth (“how very funny!)

With queer chop-sticks!”