Show THE WASTB OF TIME A Mathematical Symposium at the Home of tho HcSvrats Mrs McSxvat Billiger how often do you got shaved1 Mr McSwatAbout four times a week on an average How much time does it usually ro qnlrei About half an hour II Half an hour four times a week Thats two hours a week four and a tbirddays in a year and nearly a month and a half in ten years Think of it Biihgerl 1 If you should let your beard grow you would save time enough in ten yearsIt But look here Lobelia I Great Scott I I dont want to let it grow Did you ever see mo with a full set of whiskers No but Well let it be the cause of the most heartfelt joy and gratitude you ever experienced ex-perienced Lobelia that you never did 1 With a full beard madam I look like a coconut in a fit of delirium tremens I tried it once years ago Dog barked at me on tho street children fled from me in terror footpads who caught a glimpse of me by moonlight or the pale flickering rays of a slreetlamp dropped their sandbags sand-bags and slunk tremblingly up the alloys and I was offered 60 a week sod all expenses ex-penses by a dime museum man for a years engagement My portrait was haw ea allover all-over the country as the most hideous I dont believe any of that stuff Bil linger and 1 am sure Dont Interrupt me madam My beard grows strait out up down sidewise every bristle for itself like the spines on tho fretful chestnut burr and it grows in every shade and color from brindle to vermilion ver-milion and back again If you could sea me once with a hedge fence all over my face you would Bnt think of the time you loose in The time I loose Look hero How OHM do you fix your hair Every day of my life of course but thats different Thats different is it hey 1 How long does it taka 3ou to fix it 1 It I think youre just as You neednt answer I know how long it takes Ive seen you do it often enough It takes you half an hour every blessed any of your life to look after your frizzes if thats what you call them Think of itl Half an hour a day three hours and a half a week nearly eight days in a year an entire en-tire month in four years a whole year in fortyeight years and over two years in n century Lobelia youd better go and look after the babyHChfcauo Ti ibunc |