Show MATHEMATICAL DEMONSTRATION How irow Is is this Alexander said Mrs You told me at the beginning begin begin- ning of the century that you were going to strictly limit your yourself elf to smoking te ten cigars a day and if I am not mistaken in my count here bere you are p puffing awa away at your twelfth Tr True e my dear answered Mr 1 p. p P P. this is the twelfth cigar today but a aa asa as I a matter of fact I have only smoked smoke eight I never smoke over two thirds of a cigar cant can't do it without scorchIng scorching scorching scorch scorch- ing my mustache Then if you wi will vill think for a moment you m must st see thaI that tha I have only smoked eight which h Is two two- thirds of twelve leaving me still tw two and a little more yet to smoke So yo you see my dear that I have not broken m my promise Kindly pass the matches Harpers Harper's Magazine |