Salt Lake Democrat | 1885-03-09 | Page 3 | Appropriate Slang

I I Appropriate Slang Bilkins was addicted to slang and his wife didnt like it One night he went to a party and made some bad break or other and told his wife about it f My my she said sympathetically how did you feel 1 You bets felt like a house afire There you go again she said angrily Why dont you talk English How do I know how YOU felt 1 Why love I just said I felt like a house afire Well how was that Id like toknow Oh just as if somebody ought to turn a hose on me and put me out Dont you see She saw and for once excused him Merchant Traveler