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  2. DARTS.

    Miss Glebe Point (anxiously): "Tell me quickly, dearest, what was papa's answer? Did he smile on your suit?" Mr. Forest Lodge (bitterly): "Smile is ...

    Article : 36 words
  3. An American Emperor.

    Jerome K. Vansittart, a New York multi-millionaire, well-educated, and with agreeable manner, fails in love with a mysterious lady, whom he sees for the first time at the opera. Finding no ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 6,094 words
  4. THAT SETTLED IT.

    "Gentlemen of the jury," said counsel in most impressive tones at one of the courts during the week, "the plaintiff says that the female defendant kicked him in the side ...

    Article : 94 words
  5. A NASTY REPLY.

    Dollie Footlites: "I wonder to whom I am indebted for this lovely bouquet?" Mille Wingdantse: "To the florist, I reckon." ...

    Article : 23 words
  6. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

    "Thought you said you was insured, Moses?" "So I am, Isaacs." "Well, vats in them things?" pointing ...

    Article : 47 words
  7. DIDN'T COME OF OFF.

    Twice the "Bulletin" published that cartoon depleting Engineer Toby descending from the alleged Federation locomotive and scraping the bog off the wheel, ...

    Article : 35 words
  8. THEY DIDN'T.

    "Who carried off the gates of Gaza?" asked the Sunday school superintendent. It was the second morning after the holidays, and twent-seven boys arose up ...

    Article : 42 words
  9. A PASSIONATE POEM.

    Editor: "James, what is that moving in the waste-paper basket—a mouse?" James (examining basket): "It's one of them throbbing, passionate poems, sir." ...

    Article : 46 words
  10. HE HAL TRIED ALL THE OTHERS.

    He: "You are the only girl who can make me happy." She (coquettishly): "Sure?" He: "Yes, I have tried all the others." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 27 words
  11. HIS RELATIONSHIP.

    "What relation are you to the prisoner?" asked the magistrate at the water police Court of the witness. "Next-door neighbor, sir," was the ...

    Article : 29 words
  12. SHE NEVER TOOK ANYTHING.

    Overheard on the Manly boat:— Mrs. Green (who thinks of hiring): "But is the girl honest? Can she be trusted?" Mrs. Brown (the girl's former mistress): ...

    Article : 68 words
  13. [?] GREATEST CRIME.

    "What was Nero's greatest crime?" asked the teacher in a suburban school of a history class. "He played the fiddle," replied a ...

    Article : 27 words
  14. NOT A GREAT MARRYING MAN.

    Mamma: "Yes; Mr. Newtown, the fact is I have three daughters who ought to be settled in life. Is this western friend of yours a marrying man?" ...

    Article : 53 words
  15. HE WOULD OWN TO IT.

    A sailor was passing the Denvonshire-street cemetery the other day when he read on a tombstone: "I am not dead, but sleeping." ...

    Article : 57 words
  16. SHE HAD HER FOOT ON IT.

    A Rose Bay mistress was greatly distressed the other day when Bridget awkwardly dropped the chicken on the floor, when about to place it on the table: "Dear ...

    Article : 55 words
  17. ROUGH ON HIS HONOR.

    Learned Judge (severely): "John Johnson, the Jury have taken a very lenient view of the case. You have had a very narrow escape, and it should be a lifelong ...

    Article : 65 words
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