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Show I i JUST FOR FUN H First Aid. H She's such a. help to her clever H husband. Everybody knows that Hi he Is a genius, but few are noj.t H to the fact that his little wife aids H him In his every activity. We got H1 a look-in at this state of affairs H at the surprise party we gave aim H the other night H Whca tho food had been dis B ' cussed he nraa called on for a Hj speech, of course. He otoho from H, bis ceat, beside his wife he B hemmed ami hawed, and then he H "Ladles and gentlemen I am H totally unprepared, of course, and H er being as I saldv totally un- Hf prepared, you must -er excuse H me for being er unprepared. I H er--ah I wae hardly prepared Hf for thia er " And then bis wife H interrupted: H "Why. darling," 8ho 6atd, "you H knew It perfectly this morning. The H, next sentence begins 'Knowing as Hj I do ' Xiotr you can go on from H What bolpe tbey are, these anx- H Ioub wives. -Cleveland Plain Doal- B "That member of Congress says 1 you havo votod for him for tho H last fifteen years.'' : "Thifs right," replied Farmer P Comtossel. H "You must think a lot of him?" H "Well, I dunno. You aep, flf- H ten years ago I had a couple of 1 boss trades with him, an since then I've alius felt safer with him spcndln' so much of his time in h Washington," Washington Star. Change and Rest. "Hello, Bill,'' remarked a Mar-ket Mar-ket street salesman, as he met a friend yestorday In a lunch cafe, "where have you been7 I haven't Been yoir for tho last three weeks." "Well," replied the vacationist, wearily, "I'll tell you. I've been -away. Went on the recommendation recommenda-tion of my doctor. Seemed to be all run down and wrong. The doc ald I woflMioarly all In, had been working too "hard. He advised mo to go to tho' seashore for a change and a rest. I did, and here 1 am. ho boardwalk got all the change and the hotels got all the rest." He" looked tired and his friend believed him. Philadelphia Kec-ord. Kec-ord. Well-Intended. Bortlo and Alice wero sitting alone together In tho moonlight, uttering tender nonsense. "And, said the girl, bravely, "If poverty comes, .wo will face It together," to-gether," "Ah, dpareat,' ho replied, "tho ; nrero sight of your face would acaro the wolf awayl" ' Everiflinco ho haB been wondering wonder-ing why sho returned his ring. TiWSIta. Importance Recognized. "Do you think tha't man fully appreciates ap-preciates the importance of tho office of-fice to which wo have elected him'" ald ono constituent "I guoss ho does," replied the other, "The first thing he did was to say It ought to command a larger larg-er Balary." Washington Star. 1 |