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Show I JUST FOR FUN H Warmly Greeted. Hi A service paper relates an amus- H ing story of King Louis of Bavaria, H His majesty was much annoyed on H ; one occasion when the- soldier on H guard at the palace gates neglected H to present arms. The truth was, H the soldier did not know his ma- V Jesty by sight. H "Why don't you present arms?" M the latter asked, angrily. "Don't M you know to whom you are in M debted for your dally biead'" Hii The sentry glared angrily at the H' King, and Imagining him to be the H army baker, replied: H . "So you arc the miserable son H I of a 'baker who furnishes the I soldiers with broad arc you? Wall, I should like to have you by your- self hi some quiet place. I'd K spread your ungainly anatomy over H ' three kingdoms! I'd mako dough ' of you!" Tit-Bits. W Must Have Been Bad. Hif "My little boy cau give a per- H feet imitation of a phonograph." H "Why don't you send him out H on the vaudeville circuit?" H "Do you think he would mako a L V "No; but anything Is bettor H than having him around tho H house." Houston Post. H Soulless Contributors. H "The congregation numbered H thirty-two souls this morning," re- H marked the parson. H "Thirty souls," corrected the H deacon. "We got two plugged nlck- H els in the collection box " Kansas H City Journal. One On Father. Herbert, aged 4 1-2, had annoyed his father until that individual finally lost patience. Thinking to got rid of him for a few minutes by a slmplo ruse, ho said: "Hurrj, son, to the window and see the big parado!" The little fellow ran to tho win-doy win-doy and climbed upon a chair, whllo the father smiled at the success suc-cess of his little lie. The smile was still on his face when a tug at his coat-tail and a "Hurry, papa, quick!" caused him to start toward the window. "What is the matter? he asked. "Come and see the elephant In the parade!" said tho boy. Metropolitan Metro-politan Magazine. The Spooners. For the fourth time he had said "Good night," but still they lingered linger-ed on the frosty doorstep. "Ah, dearest," he whispered tenderly, ten-derly, gazing toward tho starlit skies, "the night has a thousand eyes." "Shi You goose!" cautioned tho pretty girl, ns she noticed dark forms at the opposite windows. "Not so loud1 The night also has a thousand ears." Chicago News. in Realms of Finance. "What a brilliant marriage!" said the genial lady. "Ho Is worth several millions and she will Inherit In-herit at least a billion." "Would you call that a mar-riago," mar-riago," inquired Miss Cayenne, "or a merger?" Washington Star. |