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Show Emulation. "My dear," says the loving wife "as it is the anniversary of the birth of George Washington I have baked for your dinner tonight a cherry pie. I rolled the crust myself, and I filled it with some of the cherries I canned last summer." "That's fine," replies the brutal husband. hus-band. "That's a really bright idea, and It is splendid to know that my wife has so much patriotism beneath ber bonny brown curls." At the proper time the proud wife places the cherry pie on the table and the brutal husband endeavors to cut It with a carving knife. At last he drops the knife and rises to a patrlotlo attitude, at-titude, one hand in his vest, the other raised in emphasis, and shouts: "I cannot tell a lie, I'll have to out It with the hatchet." |