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  2. This is WHERE WE SMILE

    An impudent, fellow met an Irishman in a street. "I was just thinking, Pat," said he, "that you would make a fine monkey ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 59 words
  3. LISTENING-IN.

    Native--"Be ye tourists!" Weary Motorist--"No; detourists." The Tiger, in Life--"Gur-r-r-r!" Same Tiger After Death--"R-r-r-rg." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 522 words
  4. FICKLE FASHIONS.

    "It says here," said the boarder who was reading the newspaper with avidity, "That the old-fashioned doctor is coming back." ...

    Article : 442 words
  5. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 603 words
  6. IN THE SMOKER

    Jimmy, who was inclined to be a braggart, was telling his father and mother of his experiences while out camping. ...

    Article : 72 words
  7. HE WAS.

    An old friend of the family was on a visit and one of the neighbour's little boys had dropped in. "And what does your father do?" ...

    Article : 71 words
  8. SERIOUS QUESTION.

    Governess: "Methuseian was nine hundred years old." Robin" "What happened to all his birfday and Christmas presents!" ...

    Article : 19 words
  9. HISTORIAL NOTE.

    According to a Boston newspaper, the cross-word puzzle had its origin in ancient Egypt. This explains why the Israelites ...

    Article : 35 words
  10. HOW, INDEED!

    A man in a tweed suit and leggings walked into a poulterer's shop and asked for a brace of pheasants. ''Sorry, sir," said the shopman, ...

    Article : 67 words
  11. WHY HE DIDN'T SUIT.

    A man was trying to sell a horse. The animal was wind-broken but sleek. The owner trotted him around for inspection, and bringing him back to the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 101 words
  12. MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE.

    It was toward the end of a theatrical performance when one man turned to another and said in a harsh, grating voice: "Look here, you have sat ...

    Article : 96 words
  13. THE EXPERT.

    Lulu: "How come yuh is always lookin' for a job nobor findin' one!" Mose: "Dat's skill, woman. Skill!" ...

    Article : 21 words
  14. FOLLOW THE SIGNS.

    "My goodness." remarked the old gentleman as he stoppod the young lad with the fine catch of trout. "You've had a very successful day, ...

    Article : 78 words
  15. PRESSING THOUGHT.

    "You should think of the future. "I can't. It's my girl's biithday and I have to think of the present." ...

    Article : 21 words
  16. QUITE SO.

    Chemistry Professor: "What can you tell me about nitrates?" Student: "Well--or--they're a lot cheaper than day rates." ...

    Article : 30 words
  17. SCRATCHING THE RECORD.

    "Your daughter talks a great deal, doesn't she?" "Yes, I think she must have been vaccinated with a phonograph ...

    Article : 28 words
  18. ADJUSTABLE.

    Caller: "So this is the old settle you told me you had picked up at such a bargain. My dear, it's a perfect treasure! It looks as if there ...

    Article : 78 words
  19. HOLDING HATS.

    "What's the idea of men taking off their hats in elevators?" inquired the man from the Outback as soon as he got out of the crowd. "Do they think ...

    Article : 417 words
  20. WHAT SHE THOUGHT.

    A father decided to pay a surprise visit to his son at the University. He found his lodgings and knocked at the door. ...

    Article : 64 words
  21. HIS FORTE.

    Irvin Cobb was a guest at a dinner party in New York where table-rapping and other phenomena were discussed. ...

    Article : 85 words
  22. THE JOKE.

    She had just come out, and a mistress engaged her. A bell hungin her room and the morning after her arrival, her mistress rang it to awaken her. ...

    Article : 113 words
  23. FIRESIDE FICTION.

    It has been wisely said that is sometimes strange than fiction:-- "I'm sorry I'm so late home, dear," he said; "it's this wretched ...

    Article : 171 words
  24. MODERN MOTHER.

    Lady (meeting child in the park): "You are a dear, sweet child! You remind me of my own little Erien!" "But, mummy, I am your Erical!" ...

    Article : 29 words
  25. THE BETTER AUTHORITY.

    Student "A fortune-teller told me that I had a lot of money coming to me." Sportsman: "I had rather hear a ...

    Article : 29 words
  26. "THE MITT."

    The young man in the drawing room car, noticing that a pretty girl was looking at him very intently, thought he had made an impression, ...

    Article : 98 words
  27. SAFE.

    Ella: "Something is preying on Dick's mind." Jack: "Don't worry; it will die of starvation." ...

    Article : 25 words
  28. AIN'T IT?

    Whiz: "Lot's of foreigners are coming into our country." Bang: "Yes, immigration is the sincerest form of flattery." ...

    Article : 28 words
  29. NOT SO DUMB.

    When the Earl of Bradford was brought before the Lord Chancellor to be examined on the application for a statute of lunacy against him, the ...

    Article : 107 words
  30. UNRELIABLE.

    Boss: "But you asked for a day off a month ago because your wife was dying, and now. you ask for another for the same reason." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 62 words
  31. EYES OF YOUTH.

    An ambitious young artist decided to give his wife, as a birthday present, a portrait of her and himself together. ...

    Article : 80 words
  32. THERE IT WAS.

    "Did you take the note to Mr. Brown, Tom?" asked a gentleman of his servant. "Yes, sir," replied the man, "but ...

    Article : 74 words
  33. AN OBJECT LESSON.

    A teacher had been tolling her class about "Bruce and the Spider," and then she asked if any boy could tell her what lesson it taught them, but ...

    Article : 112 words
  34. NEIGHBOURLY AS USUAL.

    Mrs. A. (on street): "Who is that you just bowed to!" Mrs. B.: "Oh, she's our next-door neighbour." ...

    Article : 41 words
  35. RECALCITRANT PATIENT.

    Doctor: "I suppose, Mrs. Johnson, that you have given the medicine according to directions." Mrs. Johnson: "Well, doctah, I ...

    Article : 51 words
  36. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 258 words
  37. OBSCURE WORKS.

    Ethel: "Do you like Beethoven's works, Mr. Ponks?". Mr. Ponks: "Never visited 'cm-- wot does 'e manufacture?" ...

    Article : 20 words
  38. FEMALE SHERLOCK HOLMES.

    She looked rich, and acted rich, because sho had married a rich man, yet at least one woman at the tea party discovered that she had once been ...

    Article : 193 words
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