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Show Very Th-irsty. In the good old days gone by when a gardener was kept it used in be the custom to keep a cask of lemonade lemon-ade from which the outdoor servants could help themselves. The gardener garden-er was noticed to go very frequently to the cask, and his mistress took the opportunity to speak to him on the subject. "John," she said. "1 think you get thirsty very often." "No. mum, I don't," replied John. "Well. John, I see you very frequently frequent-ly at the lemonade barrel." "Yes, mum. that's what keeps me from gettin thirsty." 'Working Up an Appetite. "1 don't know why we came In here," said Mrs. Bored, as she settled herself down in a restaurant. "I'm not a bit hungry." "That's all right," said hubby. "Just you sit here and wait." "Wait! But Why? I'm not hungry, hun-gry, as I said before." "Never mind, dear. You will be by the time the waiter brings us our food." Philadelphia Record. Something Like Foundries. "What air them kitchenettes 1 hear tell of In the cities?" asked Deacon Hyperbole Medders.. the somewhat honest agriculturist. "They're the places, Uncle Hy," explained ex-plained Upson Downs, his city nephew, "in which are molded or cast or somehow produced a flat dweller's daily round of mealettes." Judge. Nora's Delusion. Lady You quite understand, Nora I shall only be "at home" every Wed nesday from 3 to 5? Nora Yes, mum. (To herself) Nora, you've got a heavenly situation The mistress only at home for twe hours a week. Art Discussion. "I understand the War department is sculpturing at) array," remarked the man who llkos actin-.i. , "I wonder what kind of a mode he's using." "I don't know. I hope it isn't pa tience on a monument." Perfectly at Home. '"Are the summer boarders makin ; themselves at home?" "Yep," replied Farmer Corntossel "they sit down to the table and kicl about the food same as if they wa: among their own relations." A New Jersey barber is the inventoi of a comb that can be attached tc one blade of a pair of shears to iavt time in cutting hair. |
