Show A LINE OF TALK two telephone girls were talking over the wire one afternoon the sub eject of the conversation was a lawn party which was to take place the next da both were discussing what the should wear and after five man utes had come to no decision in the midst of this important con a marciline mas ciline voice interrupt inter rup ted asking hun what number he had the lack of reply did not squelch the inquirer for he asked again for the number one of the girls became indignant and scornfully asked what line do you think you are on anyhow well said the I 1 am not sure bit judging from what I 1 have 1 eard I 1 should say I 1 was on a clothes line corn ng down easy inquiries after the welfare of pat rick conroy were answered by his de voted friend terence dolan who wae at the conrays in the double capacity of nurse and cook Is he s not dan berous hurt at all was mr dolan s reply to a solemnly whispered ques tion at the door we heard he had a bad fall and was all broke to pieces whispered the neighbor a big story you ve heard said mr dolan in his cheerful roar he fell off n the root the brady stables where he was sh inglin an he broke his lift leg knocked out a couple teeth an broke his collar bone mind ye it he d have tell clear to the ground it might have 1 arted him bad but there was a big pile of and lumber that brol e his fall auth s companion TOO NARROW ellen are you going th ernest no ellen why bof ernest my means aie too la to be abroad what lied the cat little da ey sloan is forever ask ng questions better keep still or some thing will happen to you his tired mother finally told him one night puno sity once killed a cat you know davey was so impressed with this that he kept silent tor three minutes then say mother what was it the cat wanted to knowd everybody s not aesthetic A new theory states that the solar plexus and not the heart is the seat of affection I 1 can t subscribe to such a theory no how would you like to receive a valentine covered all over with dia grams of the solar NOT A confidence GAME foxy kooster corn eha well S ou 11 have to offer it to me with both hands A bessim st stranger your peach orchards I 1 am told sometimes get what Is called the yellows what do you do thena michigan fruit raiser we most generally turn blue sure funny sign on that building what is ita I 1 haven t got my glasses orphans court well haven t they got as much right to as anybody else of a D efferent op mon now you are charged with larceny are you aulty or not not g iriti judge I 1 thought I 1 was but I 1 ve been to my lawyer an he s convinced me that I 1 am t to be avo ded what date would you favor for in any answered the disappointed office seeker except april 1 the way of it A bribe is an insult and yet many people have not spirit enough to re sent it no they just pocket it contraries friend this new writer has a tain kind of rude strength publisher then how does he ex met to succeed in polite literature AN OLD STORY this life is an old old stor told er and er aga n the sum of man s poor glory tl e heartache and the pain the t rm the never ending strife TI e ears of bitter toiling the fond amb alons rife tl Is 1 fe Is an old old story told er and again A soldier dead and gory on a crowded battle plain A tasi left 1 a f completed A s gh a lonely grave for tl e victor and tl e defeated for the coward and the brave MEASURE FOR MEASURE cheerful sn ith ever notice any thing remarkable about carets browne no how d you meana smith they are bo ight by the yard and worn by the foot properly punished Is it true mildred asked the sweet faced soft voiced matron cares sing her beautiful daughter s golden brown hair that lillian tried to supplant you in the esteem of aleut she made a stab at it yawned miss mildred I 1 gasn wasn t particularly crushed on the loot but when I 1 got wise to the fact that lil was trying to cut in I 1 thought I 1 d just show her that I 1 had her beaten to a cold storage omelet and I 1 didt social paradox its impossible for me to dress on 5 a year veli my love you must wear less don t be silly you know perfect ly well that the less I 1 wear the more it costs judge TOO BUSY grandpa would bar e like to come into the gaiden and play circus grandpa 9 earlie well er I 1 m rather busy just now grandpa coulden couldn t you go and play by yourself 9 pers st of interview and what are your options con berning the tariffs I 1 must decline to be interviewed answered senator sorghum but you will make speeches on the subject of course but I 1 can haidle a speech so that people will wonder what I 1 am getting at you would in on letting them know precisely what I 1 mean real brave the si baking suffragette was it white heat there are i cowards in our ranks she sho cited in a penetrating voice every day you pass our brave bisters on the streets they must be brave to wear the style of hats they do shouted the little man on the last bench and the next moment he was running for his life LONG VS SHORT REACH jim monk I 1 hope teddy attends to old uncle orang when he comes here harry hippo what s the old graft er been up to nowa jim monk why I 1 sold him an arm tul of cane for an arat il of plantains and he measured the cane himself and hired the crocodile to measure the plantain tor me |