Show STUDENT LIFE when ratified by a majority of the student body 2 This agreement may lx? amended at any vote of the paid-u- p subtime by a two-thirscribers together witli the approval of the faculty ds “BY THE WAY” In the days of andirons and silver candlesticks a lady had in her employment a servant who was noted for her honesty and carefulness One day while dusting “my lady’s” the domestic picked up the candle-stic- k to clean it It chanced that the mistress had removed her false teeth and carelessly left them on the candle-holdThe servant not noticing this let them fall and break “Now” she said “what’s to do?” For in those days servants were severely reprimanded or even dismissed for very slight offences Hearing her mistress step into the hall the domestic resolved to try a bit of stratagem She quickly picked up the pieces and assuming a very dignified air advanced to meet her ladyship As the door opened the servant said reprovingly “you are the most careless woman I ever saw Tlere you have left jour teeth on the candle-stic- k and as I picked it up they7 fell and were broken I should never have left my teeth lying around in such a manner You are very very careless” The lady was so much surprised at the attitude taken by her domestic that she forgot to scold "After her mistress left the room the servant laughed and said to herself “that is a good plan If you see a scolding coming your way and you don’t want it — w’hy just get to work y ourself and scold with all jour might and you’ll soon scare it off” bed-roo- m er John and “Mariar” had been “stiddy coinp’ny” for several years and were now on their way to be married They7 were going to a town in the next state where “Mariar’s” uncle was minister “for” John said “they charge d such an price for hitchin’ folks to all-fire- home” o Maria was assigned to one of the best bunks on the train and John was given one not far Before long the inmates of the car were away7 all stowed away in their berths and had settled themselves to get what sleep they could As the train stopped at one station the voice of John could be heard raised in pleading accents He was entirely unconscious that the train had stopped and that while the rattling noise of the car wheels had drowned his voice when the cars were moving he could now be distinctly heard by all “Please Ma-ri- ” “No” “Now7 Ma-- ri kiss” you might give a fellow jes’ one “John you quit or I’ll git ri£ht out and hoof it back home” “Only7 one little kiss Mariar and I’ll go cross my heart to die if I don’t” ” “John At that moment a gray head protruded from a berth at the other end of the car and an old man cried out so that all could hear “Mariar for God’s sake give John a kiss so that we can get some sleep tonight” Under the peal of laughter which rang from one end of the car to the other John went back to his berth A LOVELY SCENE stood at the bars as the sun went down Beneath the hills on a summer day7 Her eyes w ere tender and big and brown n Her breath w as sweet as the hay Far from the west the faint sunshine Glanced sparkling off her golden hair Those calm deep eyes were turned toward mine And a look of contentment rested there I see her bathed in the sunlight flood I see her standing peacefully now Peacefully standing and chewing her cud As I rubbed her ears — that Jersey cow "We new-mow- I IK It QUESTION" He: — Now look as if you were being kissed She: — Before or after? |