Garland City Globe | 1917-10-25 | Page 7 | Too Much Grammar

Too Much Grammar. A man made a bet with a friend that ho could go into tho Hillings-gnto Hillings-gnto fish mnrket in London and put ono of tho well-known loud-mouthed llshwomen in a rage without saying n word that sho could understand. Tho man commenced by silently in-dtcating in-dtcating witli his nose that her fish had passed the fresh stage. Tho lJllllngsgato lady at onco mado n verbal ver-bal nttnek. Tho man answered: "You're nn nr-tlcle, nr-tlcle, mn'am." -No moro nn article than yourself, you villain."' "You aro n noun, woman." "You you " stammered the woman, wom-an, choking with rage at a list of titles she could not understand. "You nro a pronoun." Tho beldam shook her fist In speech-1 less rage. ( "You aro n verb an adverb an ad-, Jcctlvo n conjunction a preposition nn Interjection l" suddenly continued tho mnn. Tho nlno jmrts of speech completely complete-ly conquered the old woman, nnd sho dumped herself down In the mud, crying cry-ing with rage. Ladles' Homo Journal.