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Show THIN BOARDER HAS GOOD ONE Before Reading This, Just What Is the Difference Between an Elephant and a Microbe? "I've got one for you this morning."" said the thin boarder, tucking his paper pa-per napkin under his chin, as he ap-proaclied ap-proaclied his meatless-wheatlesa breakfast. break-fast. "What's the difference between an elephant nnd a microbe?" "Shoot it !" said the soldier on furlough. fur-lough. "Shoot yourself," replied the thin one. "A ton and a half," suggested the coal clerk with a rose in his buttonhole. button-hole. "Won't do." came from the conundrum conun-drum propounder. "One's found in his lair and the other In the air," ventured the lady schoolteacher. "Guess again." was skinny's dare. "One coines to you when you want It. and the other comes to you when you don't," said the hank clerk. "Awful !" was the emaciated one's rejoinder. ' "Well, dope it out," came from the tired group. "One carries a trunk and the other the grip." Yonkers Statesman. |