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Show Hunting Trouble. When a man just naturally wants trouble it is mighty easy to find an , excuse for making it. According to Mike Hogan, Casey and O'Brien were having an argument of their, own. It had progressed . to. toe extent that each had forgotten. what it was about originally and they were wholly oblivious of the gathering crowd until an urbane and genteel person in a frock coat put in. "Come, come, my man," he said, gently plucking Casey by the sleeve. "You don't want to fight. I can tell It by your looks. Your face is too benign be-nign " "Two be nine! Two be nine, is ut, ye scut?" bellowed Casey. "Me face is two be nine is ut?" And there was where the real trouble trou-ble began. Louisville Times. Skipping the Rope. Faddist Don't you think skippinj the rope is a highly dangerous prao tice? Lawyer Not always. I'm trying to have It put in practice for a client ol mine now. Baltimore American. Resting. "Who is that poor cripple with his arm ln a sling and his head all bandaged ban-daged up?" "He's a moving picture comedian on his vacation." Hope Springs Eternal. "Yes, she rijected me, but sne did it in a most encouraging way." "How was that?" 'As I went away, she pointed to the footprints I had made on the carpet, and said: The next time you ' come to propose to me 1 want you to. wipe your shoes clean!'" Der Guckkasten. One Penalty of Fame. The Victim. Ptomaine poisoning, eh? Well, I surely was a blame fool' to eat the stuff. The Doctor. But, my dear sir, you can't establish yourself as a recognized recog-nized epicure without a touch ol ptomaine now and then. Cleveland Plain Dealer. . One, Not the "Other. "Is that Googan in there pitching for the home team?" inquired th belated be-lated fan who arrived just after the visitors had made seven runs in one inning. "That's Googan in the pitchers pitch-ers box." admitted his neighbor, "but I haven't noticed that he's been do-ing do-ing any pitching."Chicago Herald. In the Future. "Some day we'll be telephoning through the air without wires." "Maybe; but won't it be queer to have an operator call back to you and say: 'The air is busy now.' "- ashington Star. Sympathetic. "Your daughter has eloped with the chauffeur." "Now I suppose I'll have to raise the poor fellow's wages. He'll need the money If he's going to support my daughter." |
