The critic., 1891-03-02
OVER THE NUTS AND WINE.

OVER THE NUTS AND WINE.
u Said that the Spring bonnet this year
VIII eclipse that Of all previous seasons. II
generally does 80 to the head .--R0chester Post
Eaprtss.
Gadsby-Thosc three dude sons OF Van
Nostrand cost him about 5000 year.
Miss Caustique--Thcn he has hccn putting
good deal Of money into real estate.
"How's thaty"
"ilc II spending $1,000 a year on a vacant
l0t."-B,ook3m LUe.
Farmer Hay aystack--Hcllo,J Josh! How did ye
like city lifcg Dye go to any OF them theatres
while yo WAS away
Farmer Wayback-Wall don't think much
and then lot OF folks came out and began
talkin' about their own AFFAIRS so | list got up
and lcft,-Irinceto" Tiger
Mr.. Jaync-Mrs. Clayton has one OF the best
minds OF amy woman ] know.
Mrs. Jaync-Best minds, indeed don't see
how You make that out.
MIR Jayne-She so perfectly minds her own
business.-Epoch.
softhart-Is Miss Triplight in?
Scrvant-No, but she told me to tell you, II
yon called, that itwas very kind OF you.
Softhart-What did she meanY
Servant-I suppose she meant that II was
Epoch.
"Will some one repeat the Golden Text"
called ont the sund1y.school superintendent.
And Willie Mctiuirc stood up and said he dis.
remembered IL 'xactly, hut he thought It was
something about laying up your treasures
where no trust could corrupt Chicago
Tribune.
CIara--Jack intends to have everything his
own way when we are married.
Mnmna--Thau ~ m
hmY
Clara--ro relieve his mind OF false impress
siOn.-Ltfe
In the Bascmcnt-B -Bridgct---Is II the fellcr
shes tryin' TO make think she's rich that's In
Thomas Nav, it's the feller she's tryin to
make think she's young. Munsty's Weekly.
Maud-Gcorge, please explain what You
meant by telling Edith that my eyes reminded
George-why, simply, that to appreciate
their beauty one must sce them al night
Puck.
Tennesseean said he guessed he'd 90 down
TO the day.po. An acquaintance guessed that
he'd so down TO the depot at the same time
Neither of them went, however When they
got throngh fighting over IL they rwercin the
hands OF the doctors, and trains were an hoar
late.-Detfoh Free Irtss.
bad AZ the sewing society this afternoon. All
the girls were mum as m!ce--hardly u word
spoken the whole blessed time.
Mrs. Chatterby-is II possibleS What's the
Dollie---well, YOU see most Of the girls have
Joined the Kings Daughters. They have n
motto, yon know, Never Speak III of Any
body or something of that sort. It's too
ridiculous The T0iiSm0n.
A tramp sneaked up to the window of Colonel
L A. ...a
a hat, said TO Matilda Snowfall, who is blac<cr
than the ace OF spades: "Falr lady can't yol
give poor hut respectable man something to
stay his Homachs Have you no pie for in
Matilda had both compassion and pic, and
cutting one OF the latter in halves, gave one of
them TO the polite visitor, rcmarking that he
| was gentleman, even IL he was white.
"Thnnks," he responded, May you retain
your present beauty for a thousand years
"Dats twice too much,'' said Matilda, blush
| Ing.
"Well, u it'- twice too much fair lady, give
me the other half of the pie TO make us even. -
lie got It, Itrds SiH'h0s.
At Lenten-Tide.
Al Lentcntide my lady Sue,
In robes OF gloomy, sombre hue,
With shyly sacramental air
Bends low her head In silent prayer.
In yondcr cushioned, high'backed pew.
Soft eyes reveal their tender blue,
Balhed In sweet penltential dew,
Where willy Cupid hath his lair
At Lententide.
| InIyain seek glance or two;
| size reads the solemn psalter through,
Tho liiany chants soft with care,
| And MS she ncslles lower there
My worldly heart kneels with her, too,
At Lenten-tlde.
-JtdR Ia Rae BN,l,eh,
Who? What? which? Where?
When the young debutante gets sight of
She scarcely can peep thro the leaves OF he
FAM
Her heart doth so hutter, her checks do =,
glow
As She asks, all a.trembllng; "who IL thu
many
Twenty doth bring her to years OF discretion
with thoughts OF the pocket, the place, tn
She questions the circle With "what is tn,
man ~
| Al thirty each day the thought doth 0ppal her
| That hOnr by honr her rOsos grow wan;
Her circle OF lovers grows smaller an'
She dans each decciyer with; (which is thu
mRnT
Forty changes her tame, and, grown romantic
Deems 10 charming 10 simpoF as much as sh'
can; fr-
IIaunts watering places, steams the Atlantic,
For the query Of life now Ia; where Is thu
ManW