| Show 1 HE WAS THERE TOO A young man came up to the poll ing place on election day and offered his vote it was his first appearance in the character of an elector and he had the independence or audacity to differ politically from his father his fati er challenged his vote on what grounds 7 demanded the residing officer he isn t 21 I 1 am 21 asserted the youth no you re not said the father you won t be 21 till to I 1 I 1 fiill cried the youth I 1 was born on the day of novem her its down in the old bible then its a mistake said the old man you t born till the morn ing of the of november I 1 can vow how can youa howa repeated the old man in dign antly goodness gracious I 1 therea well returned the son with proud defiance I 1 there the young man voted judge an announcement analyzed you say you wouldn t marry the best man alive said miss cayenne that was my remark replied the girl who Is needlessly emphatic you are quite right it by any chance you should meet the best man alive and by any future chance should acquire an option on his affections wella it would be a pity to run the risk of spoiling his disposition GOSSIP mrs blabber the smiths have been married ten years to day mrs gabbe and they haven t tor given each other yet temperamentally anft no said ohp statesman thought cully political 1 te will never do for me I 1 shall never run for the presidency but you have all the qualities that would grace the office so my friends say you possess a fine grasp of the questions of the ho ir and have asplen did executive ability perhaps but I 1 don t like to make open air speeches nor ride in sleeping cars fooling him that young man stayed vey late last night said the girls mother sharply ties mother she replied I 1 dian didn t send him home because I 1 was afraid bed get next to the tact that I 1 have to get up early in the morning to go to work A GRAVE ERROR sambo mintah henpeck done made a scene at his suddah in law s tuner al lambo sho go way sambo dessah he done bogits bissell an lets er onion drap out of his handkerchief no secret you have kept one good cook in the family tor 20 years mrs how in the world have you managed to do thata I 1 married him and he comes in might handy IP me tell you when a kitchen girl leaves me without yarn ing aw cut it out the new remedy for heart trouble is called vi e on mention it to bring joy to the printers and proofreaders cleveland leader quoted for the same reason bos ton globe what does it mean marriages 7 houston post barred k so you are never going into poll never why nota for two reasons im not rich enough now to give the time to it and when I 1 am rich enough III in evitable evit ably be under suspicion of doing business with u trust S getsee ng cimpi simpi fed what a splendid did device the cam era is for the convenience of tow ests yea answered mr cumrow the next time I 1 go abroad I 1 m going to anchor in paris or vienna ard send d hired man around he continents to tau snap shots SONG OF AN OFF DAY strange that when the sun is shining and the skies are fair and blue days may bring so n uch of sorrow hearts may hold so much of rue after all t s not the weather but ourselves we bugl t to blame it v e re bra e in storm and sunshine sm leg ripple just the same every bloom by breezes sl altered sl all yet have successors sweet was of weariness and beeping shall grow 1 to troubled feet eves cast down shall be cupl ted shadows 1 aunt tl e soul no more lite Is always worth tl e 1 ving and the best still lies before KIND THINGS miss he said he could tell blat I 1 had a strong cha acter by ny nose and chin miss spiteful it seems a pity dbent it dear that you have had the strong character with out the nose and chin not a sport A well kno clubman of boston wis during the earl days of the last hii tei to a charming welles ley girl who of her many accomplish ments Is proudest of her cooking the husband returned late one aft ernson to his borne in brookline to discover that his wife nas all tired out 1 oh dreadfully fatigued little cne came from hubby in a sampa tone I 1 am was the reply you see dear I 1 heard you say that you liked rabbit bo early this morning I 1 went to the market to get one I 1 meant to surprise you with a broiled rabbit tor dinner but I 1 m afraid you 11 have to take something else I 1 ve been hard at work on the rabbit all day and I 1 haven t got it more than halt picked lippincott s WHY HE SMILED young lady with music case yes I 1 ve just bought a few of the latest pieces all novel and strong in composition and no evonder her friend smiled she dian didn t know one end of her case was broken and that those sas singers were peeping out in anc ent rome the roman senators n shed up and found nero rosining up his bow cut that out they commanded and you have the nerve to object to my playing on the fiddle 1 de banded the great man sure get busy and play on the fire with a hose and after the town had burned down nero was blackballed in the ro man auxiliary fire department wa ting what are ou going to plant in your garden this I 1 haven t made up my mind yet whether it will be flowers or vee tables I 1 m waiting to see what free seeds the congressman sen is me an important D st notion I 1 have discovered re barked tl e gossip that mr bl gams owes very body indeed rei lied miss cayenne does he borro v small sums or enough to entitle him to respect as a finan cler no place for a crown ies the head that wears a crown quoted the moralizer serves it right rejoined the de moralizer the man or woman who chasn t sense enough to remove a crown before going to bed au t fit to be a king or queen anyway the ma n task mrs A regiment of woman soldiers would look wonderfully am posing john you wouldn t have any trouble telling them to fall in mr no but have a lot of trouble keeping them from falling out maria squelched why do you tell me all your troubles 7 misery loves company but company doean doesn t love misery for heavens sake cut it out the W ly press agent he makes strong claims tor hi show yesa says all the chorus girls are pul lets t I 1 I 1 i |
