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Show THIN BOARDER HAS GOOD ONE Before Reading This, Just What la the Difference Between an Elephant and a Microbe? "I've got one for you this morning," said the thin boarder, tucking his paper pa-per napkin under his chin, as he approached ap-proached his meatless-wheatless breakfast. break-fast. "What's the difference between an elephant and a microbe?" "Shoot It!" said the soldier on furlough. fur-lough. "Shoot yourself," replied the thin one. "A ton and a half," suggested the coal clerk with a rose in his buttonhole. button-hole. ' "Won't do," came from the conundrum conun-drum propounder. "One's found in his lair and the other in the air," ventured the lady schoolteacher. "Guess again," was shinny's dare. "One comes to you when you want If, and the other comes to you when you don't," snld the hank clerk. "Awful !" was the emacluted one's rejoinder. "Well, dope It out," came from the tired group. ' "One carries a trunk and the ortier the grip." Yonkers Statesman. |