"A fowl? I thought it was a mule."
BATHS AND BATHING
"S-s-s-s-sus-say, ma," stammered Bobby, through the suds, as his
mother scrubbed and scrubbed him, "I guess you want to get rid o' me,
don't you?"
"Why, no, Bobby dear," replied his mother. "Whatever put such an idea
into your mind?"
"Oh, nuthin'," said Bobby, "only it seems to me you're tryin' to rub
me out."
PA--"At last I've found a way to make that young scamp of ours stop
winking his eyes."
MA--"Really?"
PA--"Yes; I'll show him the article in this science magazine where it
says that every time we wink we give the eye a bath."
BEAUTY, PERSONAL
"Is she very pretty?"
"Pretty? Say! when she gets on a street-car the advertising is a total
loss."
"I don't like these photos at all," he said, "I look like an ape."
The photographer favored him with a glance of lofty disdain.
"You should have thought of that before you had them taken," was his
reply as he turned back to work.
"We're giving Baxby a farewell dinner and I'm to respond to the toast,
'None but the brave deserves the fair.'"
"Sorry for you, old top. You'll have to prove that Baxby is an utter
coward, or that he isn't getting what is his due.
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