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Show She Wondered The housewife was showing her prospective new maid over the house. She had been very liberal with her promises of privileges, and it looked as though the two were about to come to a working agreement. agree-ment. Suddenly the girl said: "By the way, do you do your own stretchin' here, ma'am?" "I don't understand," said the other, puzzled. "Well," explained the girl, "do you put all the food on the table at dinner and stretch for it, or do I have to shuffle it round?" Competition An enterprising young florist, in order to increase his trade, displayed dis-played this sign in his window: "We give a packet of flower seed with every planL" His competitor across the street promptly sought to meet the competition com-petition by placing in his window the following announcement: "We give the earth with every plant' |