Show jokes MORE THAN HE COULD DO it was an interesting time at the house of dobbs and finally when the doctor came out into the ball dobbe waa in a state of excitement equal to an election night well doctor he said and grabbing the physicians coat front with both hands twins responded the doctor briefly how how many he ached in a dazed manner the usual number replied the doc tor smiling oh yes ah excuse me doctor boys or girls dois boysa yes then I 1 m a ruined man ruined was the surprised an awer the matter with you why doctor for the last 20 years it s been all I 1 could do to meet the demands ot my boys tor my old clothes and now at my time of life to havo to commence to wear two pairs oc trousers at once in order to keep up with the procession Is more than I 1 can undertake I 1 see nun with a big R staring me in the face and I 1 cant make a move to defend myself the doctor gave him a dose of chloral to quiet his nerves THAT HOARDING HABIT sam I 1 hear you haven t worked in two months no sah ise lust been hoardon ln up mah labor chicago journal the problem solved dewed my wife has a habit of tak ing money from my pockets when I 1 m asleep oldwen alne used to do that too but she doean doesn t any more dewed how do you prevent if oldwen I 1 spend every cent I 1 have before I 1 go home chicago dally news more appropriate miss inland you certainly have a charming country place here and of course you have given it some pretty mr Bondholder sOb yes mrs bondholder calls it Idle moment by the sea but I 1 call it by its right name Money sunk judge said of another said he miss beurich Is what you would term a butterfly of fashion isn t she said she hardly that she Is hand by her taste which keeps her from getting beyond the butterline butter lne grade chicago dally news LEAP YEAR TRIUMPHS george what do you think of these leap year proposals grace I 1 think they re just fine why ive landed tour already this season and it has hardly started citing an exception it Is one of the peculiarities of hu man nature remarked the moralizer morall zer that the more a man gets the more he wants oh I 1 don t know rejoined the demoralizer how about the man who Is given 30 days by a police magas chicago dally news mixed it with business chewill She Will you love mo forever he young business man er that s rather indefinite suppose we make it a ten year contract subject to removal t judge their reason for being pop what do the financiers you read about mike pools tora for the ducks and drakes that other men make of their money my ton baltimore american r only human harvey you should have seen hot ayre swell up at that mind reading the other night when the blind folded lady actually told him the number ot his automobile seattle but he has no auto harvey ot course not but he looked astounded and acknowledged she was right puck BEHIND THE SCENES the manager the Is furi ous why did you shorten the text the star why did he lengthen my skirts journal Amu sant said in passing speak about sloppiness in women I 1 there 8 a farst clasa example across the street grunted the woman hater pointing to a woman passing opposite them see how she holds one side of her skirts up above her knees and lets the other drag along in the mud a sloppy woman that Is speak to her about it quietly annexed his companion eh you know her yes ashes my wife judge the wrong one mr gunson took two cigars from his pocket carefully selected one and handed the other to his guest fine cigars he remarked striking a match two for a quarter the guest puffed a light into his cigar and blew a cloud of smoke into the air two for a quarter he asked yes replied mr gunson proudly sorry I 1 dlan t get the 23 cent ore remarked the guest sadly judge forewarned but I 1 hear there s plenty of work down the road oh thank ou miss tor your kind ly warnon A natural timidity new arrival cautiously can I 1 put my valuables in the safe st peter loftily no necessity for that up here what are you think ing of well ive had so much trouble with some of those impregnable insel down in new york that I 1 feel kind of nervous lite on the other side the heiress but they tell me you are embarrassed by your debts the suitor dont you believe it but doubtless my creditors are achl cago dally news KILL OR CURE goodness roe whatever are you doing up there in a storm like athla ob it s all richt mary I 1 ve heard so much about this electric tre fitment tor rheumatics that I 1 thought I 1 d see if it cured aln |