Show HIS GOOD TASTE A young man contemplating matrimonial took his fair intended to the home 0 at his parents that she might bo be introduced to the old folks this to la my future wife said the young man proudly turning to pate paterfamilias r fa who was waa a canny scot now father tell me candidly what you think of tier her the old man oyed eyed the blushing bride elect critically tor for tully fully two minutes and then answered with dellb cratton cr atlon well john I 1 cpu can only any aay that you have shown much better taste than ille has an ultimatum let me see alice said tho the old man inan to hla his eldest daughter young blinkers has been calling ou on you regularly for six or eight months be her yes yea father replied the fair alice well continued the anxious parent it if ho he asks you to marry him w when hen he comes tonight tell ell him he be wantai to see me understand yes father she d aul anil if he ask you to marry him added the old man just tell him that I 1 want to see him A good reason she how to Is it you were not tit at the west ends reception ife 1 I stayed away on account at 0 a personal matter she may I 1 usk ask you what it was cewill you promise to keep heep it secret she yes ile he well they failed to send me an invitation judy only a partial loss mrs North northside side la Is it true that your little boy has haa lost his voice since hla hie recent illness mrs crosstown Cross town not entirely but his voice has been reduced considerably when he to la carrying on a con can sensation sers atlon tion with other boys now you cant hear him tor for more than five blocks how to tell how can you tell a smart man from a tool well when a man Is always telling you how wonderfully smart he ha Is the smart man anan no the fool WANTED TO WORK IT TOO AIM say why yet yer at school ter day jimpson cos I 1 had er bc headache adache fiey say how did yet yer make yet yer believe it dearer dear heart youre twice an ai dear to me As AB what you used to be since things have doubled do tabled ur la in price youre lowre aice as a dear to me ilia her dearest pets 1 I have a heartrending heart rending seen scene e in my new drama irow now the heroine is in such reduced circumstances cum curn stances atances that she elio has to cook the car canary lary 11 sad sad chit dut the is yet to come she has to build the be lire fire with tho the rubber plant sell self consciousness Is this silk of the latest estyl asked the man who had been appointed on a reception committee the very latest replied the obliging salesman then I 1 dont want it what im after Is something new enough not to be shabby and old enough to look as aa if I 1 were viere used to wearing it she could spare one me bie maam said the hobo hoba to the lady at the front door can youa rous spare a pore beggar a copper certainly answered tho the lady and tn turning riling to a speaking e tube she called jane send bend that policeman you have in the kitchen up hen at once but the hobo was waa beating it up the neatest nearest alley blasted hopta hopes mr blar maria lado 10 lo you remember that millinery store that bad such euch a great creel display of fall hats hata well thare has been a are down there aaa everything is reduced mrs hlubb Oia Gas clous what a checci charou 9 for 0 r bargains bargain sf 1 and everything is in redl reduced iced johnt john mr yes ye reduced to ashes HOPE when all my was unruly trays be ba trod and at deaths Deat liu sate gate I 1 x baund t and to render to toll 1 when all ny my body in I 1 aldo ol of the lh sou I 1 and this hot heart ties lies cold beneath the nod d oh 1 how shall 1 I uncovered slid unshod kralina tile the tale of that recording scroll and wheres whores tho the hyssop that thai shall mak me bole to stand ahamed un before the face of godt godf yet though through devious path and dark bedle I 1 wander stumbling and with aimless feet surely I 1 yet shall find a green where I 1 way rest real and breathe breath calm air a while surely I 1 yet et shall find a river sweet to mash my till evry evra speck b be clean 0 it II in tho academy A screw loose somewhere professor of drawing hism tile the primary teacher told tier her pupils puella today that she was 22 years old professor ot of history fler Her statement agree very well with an an ewer she gave mo me once professor of drawing what answer was that professor of 0 aby she aha an yes when I 1 asked tier her it aha r remembered tho the year in which america was discovered GENEROUS V ti mrs MM I 1 hear that your our husband to la very generous mrs veryl very I 1 I 1 gave him a box ot of cigars for or a birthday pros pres ent and he never smoked wv of them lie ile gave them nil all away to fr tends friends his hl loss lo 10 her gain when an ostrich to la captured lie tt know his hl means another big cathor in some fmc comans womans woin nn cap idiot at the breakfast table 1 I hope you are satisfied with out oui table mr air idiot said eald tho the landlady in n the main yes replied the idiot dut but I 1 really think I 1 ought to register a complaint against yesterdays flah fish balls madam why im sorry corry about that said the landlady blushing we wa rather pride ourselves on our fish balls what was the matter with them sir mine had bad a distinctly fishy taste returned tho the idiot Ilar harpers pers weekly perhaps ho he gives it to her you husbands business Is growing and making more money for him right along is in it not no he la Is losing more and money every day you astonish mot met you must surely bo be mistaken no im not every time I 1 ask him film for 0 r a dollars dollar lie ho tells me how bow he Is to lo ing money both envious there goes a man I 1 envy remarked ra fedderly Wed derly and stran strange ge to say lie ho also envies me the explanation queried the party of the other part we were nero both in love with the same woman answered fedderly Wed derly as aa he permitted an open faced sigh to es e cape and and I 1 married her TIT FOR TAT A bookkeeper this to la an awful big bill you are going to a send to mr it fix emun the dewrst I 1 know lies hea the man who fixed the plumbing in my house home this is the farst chanco chance ive ira had at him the only deed dead tor or her ha was wc a man ot of deede firrow many fray a F and yet she nhe loved him nou not for it beem A chop came cam acome aib oib i with a deed for a house hour and tot lit |