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Show " Mother.. Explains. Tify'dear," said Mr. 'Henimandhaw, "I hope you are not planning to buy a- . lot of new furniture." "I am not," replied Mrs. Hemmand-haw, Hemmand-haw, "and I don't know what gives you the idea." "This shopping list gives me the Idea." "What shopping list?" "On this paper, which I just picked" up off the floor, is written: 'Wash-stand, 'Wash-stand, parlor chairs, dining-room table, ta-ble, writing desk, refrigerator, taboret, piano stool, pedestal, stepladder, cedar chest, music cabinet and garbage can." Oh, t-hat is just a record I was keeping keep-ing of the things the baby has fallen from this week." Jude. Cautious Calculation. "What do you suppose is the per' capita cost of the war?" "I wouldn't like to say, unless I knew just to what extent they were using the per capitas." |