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Show HE KNEW. M f An i Teacher- How do you pronounce 1 T h a h a N'-c h u? Tommy--Yoii don't pronounce it, ma'am. You sneeze It. It Was to Lauph. Venus was trying; to teach her willful will-ful son to discriminate nicely. "Why," tit. a fliiked, with some sever Ity, "did you laugh at that chap who took his departure so hastily nt the sound of his gill's father'H footsteps on the stairs?" Cupid, or Ix)ve, smiled broadly at the recollection. "He made such a beautiful bolt for the door that I thought be was a locksmith," lock-smith," replied the young god, urt-lessly. urt-lessly. Put k. And Then It Happened. "What Is the matter nilh Jinx? Ho looks as If he had had a tussul w 1th a barbetl wire fence." "His wife asked l.lm the other night what excuse he had for remaining out until midnight." "And he didn't have a good excuse, eh?" "Oh, his excuse was a good one. lid took Mrs. Jinx by the elbow, and, leading her to a mirror, pointed to her reflection." A Perfect Stranger. Mother was trying to put some oil of cloves Into her little daughter's tooth. "Why do you make such a fuss, dear?" she exclaimed impatiently. "You don't act like that when 1 have you down at the dentist's office." "Hut, mother," replied the young ster, "you wouldn't expect me to squeal when the dentist la almost r total Ktranger to me." Suspicious. Iljenk How is that lean, unscls-sored unscls-sored Bohemian getting on these days?" Itjarks Why, they say he Is desperately des-perately in love with the girl In the laundry and Is to be married soon. .Something suspicious about It. though. HJenks I should say so. What Is a true Ilohemlan doing around laundry, laun-dry, anyway?" |