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  3. UP TO THE STANDARD WEIGHT.

    "Excuse me, sir," said the young lady in the car; "but I have read that a man about the height I should judge you to be, 5 feet 10 inches, should weigh 1631b. ...

    Article : 78 words
  4. HUMOUR. INTOLERABLE.

    Little Fred (who has just been whi[?] ped by his father): Mother, your husband is becoming intolerable. ...

    Article : 21 words
  5. POST-DATED,

    Miss Fifine (the celebrated actress, to her journalistic friend): Oh, I say, you would be awfully good if you'd mention in your paper that my jewellery has been ...

    Article : 53 words
  6. DECEPTIVE APEARANCES.

    He: Your brother dresses very quietly She: Does he? You should hear him when he cant find his ties, or hiS collar stud rolls under the chest of drawers. ...

    Article : 35 words
  7. FRIENDSHIP AND HORSES.

    MacSmashup: I shall count Smith among my bitterest onemies for selling me that brute—he nearly broke my neck. The Colonel: What are you going to ...

    Article : 56 words
  8. THE RETORT TRAMPEAN.

    Mrs. Chilledahie: Don't you know that nature rebels against laziness? A man can get nothing in this world withont labour. ...

    Article : 38 words
  9. HIS RETIRING DTSPOSITION.

    "I understand your buaband is of a retiring disposition." "Yes; but usuaily not before three in the morning." ...

    Article : 26 words
  10. A QUEEN'S WHISPER.

    An amusing account is given of the interviewe between Sir Arthur Lawley and the Queon-Regent of Swaziland on the occasion of His Excellency's visit to the ...

    Article : 277 words
  11. NOT TOO MUCH MORAL.

    He was the head Sunday school boy of the Presbyterian congregation at Youke[?], U.S.A., unfailing in his attendance, exemplary in his behavi[?], and ...

    Article : 89 words
  12. A WELL-CHOSEN [?].

    "Railway (rain took off his leg?" "Yes, and so providential!" "Providential?" "That's what. It was the leg with the ...

    Article : 28 words
  13. IN PARIS.

    Nowgilt: It's a big advantage not to know French. Mrs. Newgilt:How? Newgilt: Why, it saves you wasting a ...

    Article : 37 words
  14. THE DISCRIMINATING PUBLIC.

    The playwright laughed with fine scorn. "The passages which they hissed most were stolen from Shakespeare," he ...

    Article : 38 words
  15. HIS EXCITEMENT.

    The Doctor: Didn't I say l.e was to avoid all excitement The Patient's Wife: Yes; that's what[?] excited him. ...

    Article : 21 words
  16. THE HOLIDAY TASK.

    Head-Master: That essay of yours was a positive disgrace. I was so ashamed [?] that I felt it my duty to send it to your father. ...

    Article : 47 words
  17. THE "BOOKY'S" PLAINT.

    A bookmaker contributes an interesting article to "Badminton," from which [?] would appear that (like one or two other trades) that of bookmaking is not ...

    Article : 571 words
  18. AN EXCUSABLE ACT.

    The young man with a careless laugh begins rocking the boat. Suddenly a grim form towers above him with a club poised in the air. ...

    Article : 142 words
  19. REMARRIAGES.

    She: I wonder how it is so many men marry a second time? He: I suppose they believe in that lying old proverb about the lightning ...

    Article : 35 words
  20. THE WOMAN QUESTION.

    "Dear," asked Mrs. Wick[?]re, looking up from the last thing in f[?]minine fiction, "what does this book mean by referring to the 'superfluous woman?" ...

    Article : 48 words
  21. EXPERIENCED.

    Vera Smartsette: What flowers do you think I love the most? No[?], guess. Jack Hardup: Oh, I know. The most expensive ones. ...

    Article : 25 words
  22. COOL.

    Colonel Gruff: I understand my daughter is "determined to marry you. I want to say at once that she's a fool. Jack: Ah, hereditary, I suppose. ...

    Article : 28 words
  23. SO IRISH.

    Jack: An' did yer'ear tue thunderstorm, Mike? Mike: Begorra, no. Oi was too late. Jack: Too late? How do you mean, ...

    Article : 51 words
  24. WEDDING GUESTS.

    Very comical is the story which is related about a Parisian couple who had been for some time in a state of p[?]easurable anticipation, as they were looking ...

    Article : 411 words
  25. HIS DESIRE.

    "Pa, won't you buy me a watch?" "What for, my boy?" "I want to swap it to Billy Wiggins for one of his pups." ...

    Article : 27 words
  26. TRAINING FOR A CAMPAIGN.

    The scene is laid on a country road, and Algernon is driving along slowly. A farmer stands by the roadside, and thus addresses him: ...

    Article : 242 words
  27. OF COURSE NOT.

    He: There is one thing in particular I like about spinsters. She: And what is that? He: They never bore a fellow by ...

    Article : 43 words
  28. THE REAL THING.

    "How can you tell, papa, when people are high up in society?" "When their diamonds are genuine, and their manners are not." ...

    Article : 25 words
  29. HEARTY CO-OPERATION.

    First Actor: Was the banquet scene a success? [?] Second Actor: Yes, indeed. The audience supplied us with real eggs and ...

    Article : 27 words
  30. ASTONISHING, VERY.

    "Good morning, sir; did you lose a five-pound note yesterday?" "Yes, I did. Did you pick one up?" "Oh, no, I am simply collecting ...

    Article : 51 words
  31. JUST WHAT SHE SAID.

    "The greatest comedy I ever saw was 'Hamlet.[?]" "Nonsense. You don't know what you're talking about." ...

    Article : 37 words
  32. NOT SO RISKY.

    Wigger: But when their boat capsized, how was it that you gave your attention to saving the man instead of the woman? ...

    Article : 48 words
  33. THE PROFESSOR.

    "We may not hare much summer in our latitude," muttered the professor, looking at the barometer, and noting the drop in 24 hours, "but we have a great ...

    Article : 37 words
  34. HOW THE QUARREL STARTED.

    "Of course," she said, "I'm the only one you love?" "Darling," he replied, "when I'm in your presence I forget all—" ...

    Article : 52 words
  35. A FIND.

    Mrs. Jones: John, are you sure you posted those letters I gave you last week, and also the one I gave you this morning? ...

    Article : 48 words
  36. THE INJURIES ENUMERATED.

    Casey: Shure they do be telling me that Big Moike Mon[?]han wor knocked down be a motor car yisterday; wor there any bones broke? ...

    Article : 67 words
  37. DEPRESSINGLY CYNICAL.

    "Most people convicted of crime," said the sociologist, "are under 35 years of afe." "Does that indicate that people get ...

    Article : 36 words
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