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Show MR. ZANGWILL'S WIT. (From "The Grey Wig," by Israel Zangwlll.) "Majuba was lost on the playing fields of Lord's." "The shortest cut is past the prettiest women." "Oh, of course, he doesn't bother as much as Tolly, who looks as if ho had been poured Into his clothes." "Money is time, the millionaire If your only Methuselah." "Wagner is the greatest man of the century. He alone has been able to change London's dinner din-ner hour." "Love is blind. Marriage is never blind." "A man ought to know the size of his family; mother In heaven, I never thought mine was half so large." "How delicious to nave an emotion which yci feel will last forever and which you know won't." "God made the woman anu money the lady." "She was not bad hearted; she simply could not afford anything but luxuries." "And to be disliked ovon by those she disliked, Eileen disliked." "The world itself is only a vast bog that sucks in the generations." "There are three reasons why men of genius have long hair. One is that they forget it is growing. grow-ing. The second is thut they like it. The third is that it comes cheaper; they wear It long for the same reason that they wear their hats long. Owing to this peculiarity of genius, you may get quite a reputation for lack of two-pence. " |