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Show Sufficient. "Bobby," inquired the mother, "did you wash your face before the music teacher came?" "Yes'm." "And your hands?" "Yes'm." "And your ears?" ' Well, ma," said Bobby, judicially,. "I washed the one that would be next to her." A Hard Proposition. "How's the family?" a fond parent was asked. "Well, my children are at a difficult ace now." "Difficult? Why, they've all passed the measles and teething age, have they not?" "Long ago. But you don't know a-father's a-father's troubles. My children are at the age where, if I use slang, my wite says I'm setting a bad example, an if I speak correctly the youngsters tiink I'm a back number. Which, vould you do?" Placing the Blame. First Literary Genius. Jones tells. he car...ot get anyone to publish iis new novel! Second Literary Genius. Is that Jwing to the war? First Literary Genius. No; I ' Peet it's owing to the novel. Precision. "Do you go in for aviation?" " asked the Boston beauty. not for aviation. One -goes in 'or. sea bathing, but for aviation one goes up." Judge. Logical. "I ee the law permits the sale o! horse meat now." 1 "I'm not a bit surprised. First they filled the horse racing game and now "By re going to cut the stake horses UP into horse steaks." Cause for Worry. "I wish you'd take Johunv to see pe11d,ctor' dei"-- I'm afraid he's no 'wh makes -vou t'link s0?" m" -r!stmas toys yet " |