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Show It la almost time tor the summer ffclrtwalsL The annual slaughter ol the avlatort appears to have begun. The switching off of blizzards may yet become a piece of high art in the wild west. The sociologist who estimates that tie value of a baby is 2,800 clearly never had a baby. The destruction of the peach crop will take place next July and many will have a hand In It China's republic Is going through many of the troubles that come to very new-born babe. About once a year the Ohio river proceeds to show that it could float the navies of the world. When one prlceB handbags he begins be-gins to think a Florida alligator farm would be a good Investment. A Washington woman says her clothes cost her $49,930 a year. Evidently Evi-dently marked down from $50,000. Someoody has written a poem about "The Little Sod Shanty." The little sod shanty Is very poetic In a poem. An t-stronomer tells us that a year on Mars has 730 days, but possibly Mars Is married" and the year only feels that long. If there Is one thing more than anything any-thing else that kills poetic fancy. It is to see a motorcycle plugging along the countryside. Massachusetts proposes to Impose a tax on bachelors, and some of the bachelors In that state claim the freedom free-dom is worth it A Missouri girl wants $2,000 for seven sev-en kisses. This Is a case where the law of supply and demand doesn't apply ap-ply in any sense. A Philadelphia official suggests that all married men be compelled to wear a label. How would a string, tied on the finger, do? A European physician says he can graft hair on a bald head, but it Is better and cheaper to conserve our natural resources. Now It Is learned that the Egyptians Egyp-tians "knew all about" appendicitis r.OOO years ago, and they went right at it with Incantations. A dozen young women In a Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania town have organized a non-iwearlng non-iwearlng club. This is a good Idea if It's absolutely necessary. "Millions for defense, but not 1 cent for tribute." American women are protesting against the Importation of styles from that dear Paris. While a trial was in progress at Portland, Oregon, one attorney hurled an Ink well at another. A strong argument for the fountain pen. A San Francisco woman wants a divorce because her husband talks too much. In California the women are on an equal footing with the men. A woman physician Is telling her sex that big feet mean big brains. But then the average woman doesn't particularly par-ticularly wish to look Intellectual. A Camden, N. J., girl, has been sent to Jail for 90 days for kicking a policeman police-man on the chin, thus furnishing another an-other argument for tall policemen. Pennsylvania is to build a new penitentiary peni-tentiary with the labor of convicts. That seems like adding insult to injury. in-jury. Justices of the peace can no longer perform the marriage service in New Jersey and the clergy are reaping a harvest A new malady Is attacking the treasury treas-ury clerks who count money in Washington. Wash-ington. It will not, however, become epidemic. The day of shingles is passing and that of slate, tile or metal is coming. A roof which fire cannot ignite is wanted want-ed in all towns. A California woman who marries an alien loses her right to vote. California Cali-fornia girls are becoming cautious as well as alert. Not all the violets on the street are real not all the roses abloom In fair faceB are genuine. Thus the work of Improving on nature moves merrily en. |