Show il ORDERS KEPT HER BUSY A ils ician of baltimore tells of an am hino ex perien e ot the early days pf his practice when he was lesions in a amill town where by far the majority of the were coal mine s I 1 was creati distressed by the in sanitary conditions prevailing in t leir cottages says the doctor and among other things I 1 tried to explain to each household the importance of maintaining a wholesome atmosphere in the boons I 1 laid in a stock ot monn itei s which were distributed to the households where the were most needed I 1 took pains to point it to iaci family in t irn how the thermometer would indicate the proper degree of temperature As I 1 was malting the rounds one da I 1 inquired of the woman at the head of the establishment wherein I 1 observed in thermometer i loudly dis played at the end of a string cheth er she followed my les sir answered she im very careful about the temperature I 1 watch the thing all the time as it t angs up there what do you do when U e tempera anre rises above I 1 take it down sir an put it outside till it cools a bit an Of rending phrase why are iou so sure the critics don t know what they are talking I 1 baited alve years to publish my book answered the young author and then they sneered at me for rushing into print nearsighted shortsighted old I 1 ady from the country to friend fancy a lad like that selling urn bur rel is his whereabouts what became of that young man who sought your hand in marriage at the i seashore last asked the dear girl who had been abroad oh replied the fair one who had remained at home I 1 have him under my thumb now an inference miss oldham I 1 hal a proposal of marriage last night miss young indeed who taught ou the arta i miss oldham thea arta miss young yes of hypnotism nothing what did jinx say at the banquet last nothing W hy he told me he made a so he did the parental kick friend of the family Is that aung man coming to 3 our house as a suitor tor your daughter 7 bather with veiled meaning yes and he is a good one to boot LITERARY NOTE visitor what brought you to this my poor mana convict my love for books mum visitor r ome of those cheap sen satio ilal books no doubty convict l not at all lady it was pocket books hypercritical I 1 love the old songs best because no one sings them now helpa HELP pa pa where s the shoe horii quick 1 don t know what do you want the shoe horn fora f mas got halfway in her new dress add cabat get it conof etc otc not in applicant Is the poss ao 10 manader no my stenographer Is I 1 out just now I 1 even then lip en 1 t ohp all aa e at baat ril I 1 d st I 1 arres lu Vt inkin a d p diun tiun p blat d s HI he d in t to t in pa 1 nt n t u tl n 1 u wl v tits itlay athal coee it meana I 1 m halting cab lei 0 o tl e n an abe n fotion picture h ne na USE FOR BILLS caller Is alie manager ina office boy what is our name cleabe caller just tell him it Is his old friend bill office then bes gone out 1 heard him say that it any bill came he gasn wasn t in ito an old game disgruntled englishman at launch ing of ohp terrible besa gadzos but this building the most powerful warship in the world doth make me sick rebuild we build it then france doth tl en the venetians then the dutch and then egad we build it again praise fortune our ship wrights say it can t be built much larger and float puck see ng Is belaev ng isaac who has just recovered from typhoid doctor you have charged me tor four weeks calls I 1 vill pay for only three weeks doctor t I 1 called on you every day or four hir isaac isaac veil dere vaa one week I 1 was lell rious and 1 dian didn t see ou come in lite suspicious shabby shakespeare when the heavy tragedian rapped at the way side cottage and told the lady he was an actor in distress she doubted him cosole nero why 7 shabby shakespeare debause when she offered him a opy 0 hamlet he said he d rather have an omelet TOO BUSY fannie freddie our engagement ts off for today freddie why fannie cos I 1 got a bag of candy here that I 1 think will last me until to morrow night arsh wit A gentleman seeing patrick dig eing in the ground stopped to tn quire what are you digging wf that hole for pat sure replied pat with a grin I 1 m diggin out abe dirt an lavia the hole to look after itself sor too family tree Fitz brown got Ms OJE arms yet why he told jae be was going to look up his the first opportunity he got and well I 1 believe he got att 6 to look up hie tiBB lly tree but he saw some things ta tha branches that re search judge blocked his gam olive did he steal u kiss from you ella he tried to butr but r bawell va Well ella A fair exchange ff w you know of time files the idea f I 1 was just the gro ver cleveland battle ate gron up now and the togo are all old dogs doina what W the editor offer you tor F i your a to tue zine rt i did vou take if r no indeed I 1 told alt t wouldn t ave any more uleah I 1 sm that for yeat k t still 3 question did ath a for laye thirty te what ing her ts A manner 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