Show WIT AND HUMOR Truth Marie Proposals should never be made by letter anyhow Nettle Did you ever hear of one that was declined simply on that account Puck Etiquette Beyond the Styx The Shade from BostonSolomon Well well Im proud to meet the wisest of men Solomon After you sir Puck At the PlaySheTheres a blunder Six months are supposed to elapse between the first and second act Hehell SheThey have the same cook Household Words Ruined by a woman I he muttered moodily I do not see the point said one who overheard him Nor do I he answered I was speaking of this lead pencil TitBits In Russia teachers are none too well paid At a scolastic meeting somo one proposed the toast Long live our schoolteachers What one asked a cadaverouslook ing specimen rising in his seat Truth Ethel And would you really be willing to die for me George George Darling I swear it EthelBut would you be willing to die of hydrophobia or appendicitis or something some-thing like that George TitBits HousekeeperHalf the things you wash are torn to pieces Washerwoman Yes mum but when I a thing is torn in two or more pieces mum I count them as only one piece mum and only charge for one Detroit Free Press Whats the matter mat-ter chum asked the college student of his roommate who was making the air a dark blue Matter I wrote the governor to send me some money for text books and here hes sent me tho books I can never pay my bills at this rate New York Weekly Western Land AgentI wish to withdraw my big advertisement ad-vertisement of city lots for sale in Riverside River-side addition Newspaper EdItorEh Whats the matter Dont you consider my paper a good advertising medium Oh yes the paper Is all right but I dont care to attract attention to those lots for a while now Wo ire nearing the season of the year when that land Is generally under water Indianapolis Journal His Last Alias Your cousin was a sort of easyspeak ing feller with a crook In his eye said Rubberneck Bill to the inquiring tourist Yes His right name was William Hickelberry Did he go by that name here Naw He had half a dozen other names though The last one I remember remem-ber was give to him by the boys An it was Ole Stocking Really How did It happen Well you see it was Christmas eve when they hung him up |