Show TALES TELLING A Lesson in iii Punctuation A Philadelphia schoolgirl seMi to her father tint the other night 5 Daddy Ive got K a sentence I Id d like to have you vou punctuate Yoi kilow some something something thing chest about punctuation dont you I Yes a little Mid asid her cautious pa parent rent as hii h took the slip of paper she abc handed him Ibis 1 his is what he read readA A ft Ml bill flew the corner He studied it carefully and finally said Well Td id simply put a period after it itI like this I said the high bight school girl Td Id make a dash after it 05 Why Ships Are Called She Shui It was In one of the public schools of Philadelphia The teacher of a primary dais class was reeling reading a in dictation which a score vf el busy pencils were trans trane transferring erring ferring lo U slates The ship was sailing down the river to the sea she had all her sails set read the teacher Please teacher why are shIps called her sher asked a from the end of t the e roots room The Tue teacher dropped the book for a moment Does any boy know why a ship Is call sher she the teacher There was a seconds pause pame Then hen a lit little tle U boys hand band went up Why asked tt ill teacher See Hs it takes men to manage her was the sage reply V A Coming Philadelphia Lawyer A young lady dy teacher In a West Pulls Phila Philadelphia delphia kindergarten thinks that she has discovered a Philadelphia lawyer in embryo She made the discovery In one of the exercises incident to teaching the young Idea id how to count fter drawing five ones on the l and writing beneath the five successive numerals on two three up to five together gether t with a verbal explanation she sho at attempted attempted tempted te to test th the understanding of the th little ones by turning to tue bright eyed little fellow and putting the Question Now Donald which would you rather have five pennies or a five cent piece Five pennies Donald promptly re Why Thy Donald asked the teacher pa patiently Because said Donald you see it you vou lost one of the pennies have tour four taft left and even if you lost four have but if It you lost the tie five cent piece why it would all be gone every pen penny y yIn S In the Wrong Department In th the millinery show window of a large department store lu in Philadelphia a t customer inquired of at a saleswoman what they charged to clean feathers Ten rca cents a piece was the answer Oft Oh f I never pay that priced gasped tile the lad lady How many have your asked the clerk If tr you have bare a sufficient number we might make mak a reduction in the price Why I count them said the customer for br 1 I have two beds full She he was promptly directed to another department a f Would Shift The bright little son of a clergyman had been brought up in a very proper wa way h 11 to the matter of reverent at table lila IMS father as asses sea a mess ing One day he forgot all his table manners and was wan seen by his father doing some something something thing very irreverent His father ver very much astonished talked to him bim and hr he ended by saying Freddie Freddie what shall liil I do with your Not lpt at all abashed the JaIl looked up at me his father And said very solemn solemnly Papa cast your burden on the Lord and He will sustain t you youA CC C CA A Philosophic Tramp TrampA A woman in West Vest Philadelphia thinks she has found a tramp who Is ih too bright and who possesses an altogether too philosophic a turn of mind to continue his hla calling One morning recently while the woman referred to was engaged with her house household household hold duties in the kitchen a knock came at the door Responding she he found a aman aman man who undoubtedly belonged to the army of the great unwashed yet un underneath underneath rough exterior there was something itch proclaimed that he had seen bettor better days day a aSo So much had bud she hie been troubled bv by trumps that when he asked for food she said The man who hw docant t work ought not notto notto to expect to eat Do you think madame the titan man who does not eat ought to be expected to wark asked Uie tramp with whIm u a Chester Cheater bow It H neediest to s say y that the tramp got git hit hi handout i |