Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18


and leads to the conclusion that 1t is not so.-
Aeoc Orleans Picay.se.
Time. with scythe. Is pictured as bald -headed,
SO that IL cannot be taken by the forelock.-Ae,o
Orleans Picdytne.
Should music be sold by the chordl Drum
music might be sold by the pound.-Milton
AelCs.
The farmer should be a man able TO talk on
anything that comes up.-Ne.o orleans Ped
ytue.
A makeup that would be popular: Yes"
said man In the theatcr gallery, ''the make
ups were generally fair, but there was ono
makeup that 1 would like to sea makeup
for lost time between the acts" Boston Tran
script
The telephone is very popular In Colorado.
BY means OF 1t a stranger can carry on a CONVEX
satiOn with a native without feeling obliged to
ask him out to drink.
The average man takes very little interest,
Walnut Hill, but 1t tickles him half to death
when he makes . good shot with a stone ct ono
OF his neighbours hens which has come over icto
his yard.-LO,oeu Citizen.
A gentleman who met Senator Hoar, OF Mas
sachusetts, recently. told him that some Boston
apart day to offer up prayers for the conver.
sion OF Ben Butler. ''If you have any influence
with them" said the senator, excitedly, pray
exert 1t to prevent the contamination Of their
purpose. I want TO 60 to heaven myself
Brooklyn Eagle.
At theater entrance: "who are those young
men smoking cigarettes near the door, MAP"
'They are 'supes, my dear. who come out for
fresh air while the play Is going on" But who
buys their nice clOthes1" Il believe they aro
tisement, my dear. Don't look at them. They
have no manners and might stare" Philadelphia
Nesos
A recent spring poem managed to find its way
into print through the favor OF the publishing
department because the poet happened to be a
advertising patron Of the paper. In one Of the
stanzas the author thus alluded to the object Of
his hearts affection;
81 love to watch the frolc
or the dimple5 on her cheek"
The editor had his revenge when, In consequence
of a mistake Of the printer the lines as published
read:
81 love TO watch the froiic
or the pimpes on her cheek"
There Is q kind Providence that always prevents
the business department OF newspaper from
getting the bulge on the editorial toplights.-
Brooklyn Eagle
Drunk againl" sharply exclaimed the wife.
who had been waiting mp nearly i've hours for
the absent husband Yes, love" was the replv
II have my usual spirits."-Puck
The mat who never saw Q railroad train died
again recently In Wakefield, N. H., aged 100
years. Ignorance Of railway travelling appears
to be conducive to long life.-L0soeQ CitissM
fashion item states that 1.-THE Boston young
man Is beginning to wear eyeglasses and kno0
breeches." Well the one necessitates the other.
The average Boston yonng man needs the eye
glasses In order to see his legs.-Puck
The composer Of "Home, Sweet Home,"k
Wondering In the grave; the composer OF "Kath-
ieen MayOurneen" is old and poor. and the COM
poser Of "Grandfather's Clock" and ''0ver the
Garden Wall" Is an outcast who dares not ven
ture near Civilization for tear of being hit with
brick or something Phnadelphia Nssos.
The Detroit Sketcbing Club has given up the
female model Ia ITS life-class ''in Difference 70
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