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Show flnileAwhilf Total Loss Edna You would hardly know Freddy since he got back. He lost all his money and Evelyn Hardly know him! Why, I shan't know him at all! Kind Thought ' "My uncle bought my aunt a violin." "I didn't know she played one." "She doesn't. He wanted to give her a place to rest her chin." Weary Walker The lad from 'way back in the mountains tried to enlist, but he was refused because of bad feet. Next day he appeared again before be-fore the army doctor. "It's no use, son," explained the man with the stethoscope. "We can't take you because you couldn't stand the marching. Why are you so persistent?" "Well, sir," replied the lad, "I walked 193 miles to get here and I hate to walk all the way back if there's any chance." All the Way Youngster Grandpa, will . you have the man put a lot of chocolate choco-late on my sundae? i Grampa Of course, grandson. I'll ask him to goo the limit for you. A vacation would be ideal if the old pocketbook could take a rest also. Beyond a Doubt As the lion-tamer banged the door of the cage between his snarl-' ing charges and himself, an admiring ad-miring spectator spoke to him; "Wonderful mastery 'you have over those savage beasts,. How do you manage it?" . "Easy enough, sir," replied the tamer blandly, "if you keep on the right side of 'em." "Ah, yes but which is the right side of them?" "Well, for myself, I reckon it's the outside." . My little niece was watching her uncle drive a team hitched to a farm wagon. One of the wheels was rather loose and wobbled considerably. con-siderably. She called, excitedly: "Better stop, Uncle, and let the wheels rest; they're awfully nervous!" What Minute? Husband (shouting toward bedroom) bed-room) For the last time, are you ready to go? Wife Haven't I been telling you for the last hour that I'll be ready in a minute? One Side There was a crowd outside a tobacconist's, where a notice promised: "Back in ten minutes." Presently a little man came along and pushed his way to the front. He was promptly pushed back. He shoved his way to the front again, and a burly man grabbed him and tossed him back. "O.K.," said the little fellow. "Then I won't open the shop." Road Log Motorist Can you direct me to the Brighton farm? Native Sure, just keep going straight ahead for seven shaving cream and two toothpaste signs, then turn left at the corner of the big hotel sign: go till you pass five gasoline signs, and you'll find his house behind that big billboard. |