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Show YOU NEVER KNOW, YOU KNOW Probably Jimmy Was Wise in His Selection of a Present for His Mother. Jimmy Clerkenwell and the boy next door were discussing Christmas and Christmas presents. They had mentioned most of the articles ar-ticles that they would like to receive themselves, and then the talk turned to the various presents that .they should give to other people. , "What are you going to give your mother for Christmas?" asked Jimmy. Jim-my. "Oh, I don't know!" was the reply. "I thought of giving her a paper knife." "A paper knife!" Echoed Jimmy scornfully. "What's the good of that?" "Well, what are you going to give yours?" questioned Jimmy's friend. "Oh," answered the young sage wisely, "I believe in preparing for war In times of peace. I'm going to give Iter a pair of slippers with soft soles." London Answers. He Has a Future. When James Henry went to grandmother's grand-mother's he expected to get candy, or money to spend for it at the grocery. On one occasion, following the usual demand for candy, grandmother forestalled fore-stalled any further requests by remarking re-marking that there was not a cent in the house. The youngster was taken aback for a moment before he gravely inquired, "Well, grandmother, couldn't ycu write a check?" |