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Show PAY THE CURRENT PRICE. Writer In the Cosmopolitan Gives Some Good Advice. My young friend, Jimmy Hanks, was married a llttlo over a year ago. Ho had provlously spent twolvo months In tho most furious courtship. Tho gtrl at first had not t'ottoncd to Jimmy Jim-my very much, but h'j moved heaven and earth bo vigorously that sho at last conBonted. Now, the other day who appears before mo but Jimmy, with a long faco and makes a complaint com-plaint that tho baby keops him awako nights. "Good gracious! Jimmy," I said, "didn't you know that babies always al-ways do that? A baby has to havo somo relaxation. Go homo and bo thankful that It Isn't twins." Thcro ls tho reverse sldo to every Joy. You can't havo tho advantages of bachelorhood bachelor-hood and married llfo at the same time. You buy everything with a price leisure, family, office, learning, learn-ing, wealth, fame, position. Nothing ts fice. Bo sure you want tho nrtlclo, pay I ho current p'rlco and enjoy your possession. Cosmopolltun. Both Reserved. Somo tlmo ago the lord lieutenant of Ireland agreed to attend a certain raco meeting and a carriago was ro-8orvcd ro-8orvcd for his excollency In tho spo-clal spo-clal train run from Dublin on the raco day. Seeing that tho adjolulng carriago car-riago was reserved for Lord Ardllaun of brewing fame, one of whoso products prod-ucts Is a malt liquor known as the XX, a porter took up a plcco of chalk and wroto upon tho ono carriago, "For His Ex," end on tho other, " For His XX." A Musical Ballot Box. A French genius has Invented a novelty In tho form of a musical ballot bal-lot box. This Instrument plays popular popu-lar tunes at Intervals for tho amusement amuse-ment of electors whllo tho polls aro open, who will thus bo persuaded not to neglect to vote. When tho hundredth hun-dredth paper has been dropped In tho Instrument will play a certain tune. Tho two-hundredth will start a second and a different melody, and so on. |