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Show At a Wedding. They have a saw In Afghanistan to the effect that the next best thing to no wife Is a good wife. The Senegalese declare that there are only two good women In the world one is dead and the other can't be found. The Chinese hold that if a man lose his bride and a yen, he'll regret the yen. A yen's about a tenth of a cent. But more comforting, far more comforting than these proverbs, is the wise saying of Don Quixote that there's only one good woman in all the world, and every husband ought to think that his wife Is she, Baker's Dozen. "Father, what is a baker's dozen?" asked Charlie. One more than a dozen, thirteen. you know ; but why do you want to know ?" "Mr. Moore asked me whose little boy I was, and his wife said, 'Don't Jou know? That is one of the Brown children.' And i . Moore snid, 'Yes, I remember ; th " have a bnker's dozen.' Now what nave we got thirteen of, papa? We have only Ave children, and counting you and mamma seven, end that does not make thirteen." Struggling to Be Optimistic. "I hnted to see my boy Josh start for the border," said Furmer Corn-tossel. Corn-tossel. "But there's one thing I congratulated con-gratulated him on." "What did you say?" "I says, 'Josh, the speech makin' out this way Is poorer every year. Maybe It's lucky you're getting away just in time to miss the Fourth o' July picnics.' pic-nics.' " Harsh Desires. "I wish some people I know were like swans." "Why so?" "Because swans sing only once In their lives and die immediately after." The Popular Resort. Stella Has It a good table or view? Bella No, but It has a detective service for gossip. |
