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Show ARMY FAVORITE TO MAKE SOCIETY BOW Miss Margaret Read. Miss Margaret Read, daughter of Lieut.-Col. and Mrs. George W. Read, . and. one of the most popular among the social buds who have not yet j "come out," will make her first bow j to Washington society December 2. She will be presented at a tea-dance given by General and Mrs. S. B. M. Young, U. S. A., the former the grandfather of Miss Read oo AN EVEN EXCHANGE. A small boy had been given a penny with a hole in it. Handing it to a still smaller companion, he said: "Jlmmie, I dare you to go into that store . and buy something with this penny." Jimie was quito willing; Entering boldly, he said: "I want a doughnut." And, taking it, ho hastily presented tho penny. "Here," said tho clerk, "this penny has a hole in it." "So has the doughnut," announced Jiminie, triumphantly holding it up. CAUSE FOR GRATITUDE. Minister Amid all your troubles, I am pleased to seo that your sense of gratitude does not fail Mrs. Jones No, sir. Rbeumatiz is bad enough, but I must be thankful I still have a back to have it in. HAD A PRECEDENT A six-year-old Oak Park bov was eating peanuts. H0 ate them "in the usual manner for a time r.ud then poked one up his nose. Not getting the desired results in that fashion he went crying to his mother. Sho tiled to remove tho peanut, and after failing fail-ing in the attempt called a physician. After tho peanut was removed, the physician gone, and things settled down to some extent, the mother began be-gan to. demand an explanation. "WTij' in the world did you want to poko a peanut up your nose, anyway?" she asked. "Well," replied tho boy in self-defence, self-defence, 'that's the way elephants eat them.' "Exchange. |
