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Show JUST FOR FUN Toothpicks as a Diet. I A well known seulptor tells the fol- I lowing story: "Whenever I sec a toothpick I think of a dinner that was given In Rome In honor of two Tuiklsh noblemen." "I s;t beside the younger of the noblemen. He flittered with gold embroidery, and great diamonds, but nevertheless I pitied him sincerely, for he was strnnge to our table manners man-ners and some of his errors were botii ludicrous and palnlul "Toward the dinner's end a servant extended to the young man a plate of toothpicks. He waved the plate away, saying In a low and bitter voice: "'No, thank you; I have already eaten two of the Accursed things and I want no more.' "Independent. Too Much. "I have employed that pretty maid you had." "Oh, I am so glad!"' J "Why did she leave your employ- I mMit?-' "On my husband's account." "Didn't" she like him?" "Yes." Houston Post A Lost Illusion. The Kind Lady You clear off, or I'll set the dog at you. Thu Tramp Ah, how deceptive Is human nature. For two nights I've slept in yer barn, eaten of yer poultry i and drunk of yer cider, and now yer treats me as nn utter strauger. The . Sketch. j Styles In Ailments. "Well, here I am," announced the fashionable physician In his breezy j way. "And now what do you think Is the matter with you?" i "Doctor, I hardly know," murmured tho fashionable patient. "What Is new?" Washington Star. The Way He Looked at It. "So you want to marry my daughter, daugh-ter, do you, young man?" "Y-c-s, s-s-i-r." "Well, tan you support a family?" "1 11 low many arc there of you, s-sir?" Judge. Value of Puffs. Any actress will tell you that a putf In the newspapers Is worth two in Hie hair. Judge. |