Show HUMOR OF THE HOUR Depth of WoeDid George look anxious anx-ious when he proposed to you Kitty Yes he looked as if he were learning to ride a wheelChicago Record When er man declahs he doan regret nuffIn he ebber done said Unce Eben hes either got er mighty good conscience consci-ence or none at all Washington Star These bicycles are hurting business dreadfully said the liveryman Business Busi-ness is not the only thing they are hurtIng hurt-Ing replied Wheeler as he limped over and took a chair Yonkers Statesman You do not go out often to dinner Mrs Waddington No I dont think the best dinner on earth is sufficient compensation com-pensation for making ones self agreeable for three hours at a stretch Chicago Record He Which did you like best of my verses SheVhy the one on the first page HeI me see Which one was that SheDont you remember The one in quotation marks Harlem Life DaughterThis piano is really my very own Isnt it pa PaYes my dear And when I marry I can take It with me can 17 Certainly my child but dont tell any one It might spoil your chancesTItBIts First in PeaceDld you find the bicycle bicy-cle useful on the battlefield Z Yes indeed in-deed we dashed up to the enemy and then we stacked arms and shook hands every man on both sides rode the same make of wheel Chicago Record A QuestionEdltor of McKinley Organ Im in doubt as to the proper way to allude to Reed in this campaign Assistant As-sistant What is the point Editor Shall I call him an expresidential possibility pos-sibility or a presidential expossibili ty Puck After they had parted she wept bitterly Suddenly she ceased It had occurred to her that perhaps her tears might fall on her new silk shirtwaist shirt-waist and spot it irrevocably Cincinnati Enquirer Poet to farmerSee what a beautiful prospect is unfolded in yonder billowy fields and hark the voice of the plowman plow-man FarmerYes hes been cussing of that mule since daylight and its one of them I German mules that used to pull a beer wagon so he cant understand a word o American Planter Professional Interest Miss Antique coylyDear me I wonder who that elderly el-derly gentleman is that has been following follow-ing me around all evening Mrs Flatly That is Professor Sniggins 1 the celebrated antiquarian Puck |