things? That isn't nice.

FRAU BEERMANN. I fully agree with you.

BEERMANN. You do? For what reasons? When honest men select me as
their President, is that mere flattery?

FRAU LUND. It is not becoming to you, and you are insincere in it.

FRAU BEERMANN. It's as false as anything can be, and you speak
about problems which you have never understood.

BEERMANN. Pardon me! I ought to know best what is becoming for me.

FRAU LUND. There's no one in the world I dislike as much as a
preacher. But if a person wants to be one ... then, according to
the gospel he ought to live on bread and water. It doesn't go well
with champagne and lobster.

BEERMANN. Do the Scriptures command that we must be poor to be
honorable?

FRAU LUND. No, Beermann, but if I still remember, they speak of a
camel and a needle.

BOLLAND. The ladies evidently are not acquainted with the purposes
of our new society. I am sure they would subscribe to every one of
the principles which are incorporated in our By-laws.

FRAU LUND. I certainly would not.