Show WIT AND HUMOR I Cleveland Plain Dealer I suppose there Is no danger of Cerveras breaking outNot unless he gets = > the measles Chicago News Managing Editor yellow yel-low journalAny war news this morning Telegraph Edlt Nothing but a complete I com-plete denial of yesterdays battle j Cleveland Plain Dealer They say I Spain isnt ripe for a republic Ripe Shes as yellow as her flag I Chicago News i T suppose said the farm hand who was looking for a job that you believe In the eighthour system sys-tem Thats what do replied the farmer I work eight hours in the forenoon and eight In the afternoon but along about hayin and harvest time I occasionally put In two or three hours extra I Philadelphia American Its all very well said Carter to say that Spain will have to pay the cost of the war but what I want to know Is this What If she does do I get a return of the war taxes I pay I Washington Star Arent you worried about the tax on sleeping cars Not at all replied the lawyer affably af-fably If this government catches any of our companys cars asleep it is at perfect liberty to tax them Detroit Journal Overpraise by Mistake Mis-take Editor In Smiths obituary I wrote He met his death like a hero and It comes out lie met his debts like a hero Foreman Im very sorry Editor wouldnt care so much only I do to hate anything that smacks of adulation of the dead Cleveland Leader A Skeptic Mr PlimptonYou must remember that tney can shoot 15 miles with some of their biggest guns Mrs PlimptonJohn I dont believe any such thing Where could they shoot that far without hitting a tree or a fense or something When the first son Arrives It Is fun For tho father whos very soon led To wander adown Into the gay town And paint it a bright glowing red But In the after years When the sixth appears Theres a change in the color and hue Ho supplants the red With feelings instead That are of a pale azure blue Chicago News t |