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Show Remembered Mother's Teachings. Mrs. Atherton had tried to impress upon her young son Eugene that he should play only with good 'boys. Harper's magazine describes the following fol-lowing unexpected resu'.i: "Mother," said Eugene, as he came, iu one day, "you don't want me itc play with wicked hoys, do you?" "No, indeed," said the mother,, pleased that her son had remembered her teachings. "Well, if one little hoy kicks another an-other little boy, isn't is wicked for-him for-him to kick him back?" "Yes, indeed, i', is certainly wicked," wick-ed," was the mother's reply. "Then I don't play with Richard. Whitney any more," said Eugene; "lie s too wicked. I kicked him this, morning, and he kicked me back.'" He Got the $5. J Little Tommy had a very pretty sis ter. Pretty sister had a very devoted admirer. One evening when the devoted de-voted adm'rer wcu; c-rtfcs in the parlor par-lor waiting for sister to appear he was approach by little Tommy. "Say, Mr. Smith," rather pointedly queried the younster, "do you love-5 love-5 sister Jenny." "Why, Tommy!" was the amazed response of the blushing Mr. Smith. ;T "Why do you ask me a question like ' that?" "Because," was the quick reioinder-!' reioinder-!' of the youngster, "she said last night that she woudl give 53 to know, and. I need the money." d Sounds Off Stage. n' "I guess the butler will disappear ' from the stage." : "Why so?" "His only use was to announce: My lord, the carriage waits.' And. you douft need that announcement. now. You can hear the automobile. honking outside." Judge. He Knew. "Oh, it must be terrible to be starving starv-ing in the midst of abundance." 'You bet it is. I carved the turkey for a party of twenty people at my house on Christmas day, and I thought I never would get anything to eat. myself." Cure of a Lisper. A young lady who lisped very badly bad-ly was treated by a specialist, and after af-ter diligent practice and the expenditure expendi-ture of some money learned to say: "Sister Susie's sewing shirts for soldiers." sol-diers." She repeated it to her friends at a private rehearsal and was congratulated congratu-lated upon her masterly performance. "Yeth," she said blushingly, "but it ith t Ji mil and exceedingly difficult remark to work into convert nation ethpethially when you con'hider that I have no thither Tluithie" Clever Girl. Mabel "Vhy do you always light the lire in the fireplace tl night? It. always foes right out. C! mi 1 know. but. it s:vi s as an excellent excuse for t unrig out the lights, dearie Michigan (Jrgoylc, Untrained, "Henpeck made a pitii'u exhibition of himself when lie tried o make a speech : the banquet las'.ni(iil." "I tliouglu lie did prelhwi'll considering con-sidering t ho fact that he itver gels any practice at. home." Well, Well, .lack-When 1 asked Pl if slu i would he mine, she foil only breast. ' and sobbed like a child, it finally ' put her arms around my 'k and Maud -Oh. yes. 1 kiioill about It. 1 rehearsed It with Philadelphia Phila-delphia l'lvening l.ednor. AncicVt 1 ' I'm afraid lhal -n V .vW'illiv of lllino Is hopelessly oui M V"0- " I "What makes you tlilui.t'" "1 imld Iho last iuMalf uu 11 .vostenlav." 1 |