The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-03-31
ONE KIND.

er 10 another, and yet he will have it
that they are real poetry"
Maybe they're the poetry Of mo-
ton. = Chicago Record.
THEIR CHARM.
Yes, said the young man. II
must confess that j am deficient in
musical taste"
Perhaps the modern music bores
you" said the pleasant young
woman. 1T does many people, you
know"
Yes. ! don't care for modern
music. There is one thing about the
old songs that j like very much"
What is that?"
The fact that nobody sings them"
= Washington Star.
NICETIEs OF LANGUAGE.
What is verse as distinguished
from poetry" ASKED the inquisitive
man.
Verse, replied the magazine
editor after he had pondered, is
the term applied by any poet to the
work tof his contemporaries" - WASH
ingtOn star.
no MUSIC THERE.
Stranger in town Ito hotel clerk)-
Where can / 90 and hear some music?
| haven't heard any in two years.
Hotel Clerk-Great Scott! Where
have you been? In darkest Africa?
Stranger-No; director of travel
ing Comic Opera Company Ray
mond's Monthly.
TOO SUGGESTIVE.
Dedude-Well, a fool and his
money are soon parted
Lister-How much have you lost
lately Halo.
THE IMPORTANT QUESTION.
Charles-My father died when /
was young and left me nothing but
brains.
Jack-What have you done with
them ?-Hallo.
IN BOSTON.
when Lots wife looked back, "
said the sunday school teacher,
what happened 10 her?"
she was transmitted into chloride
Of sodium" answered the class, with
one voice Chicago Tribune.
DIsPELLED THE FEAR.
He had given her the engagement
ring and was telling her fairy stories
about the trouble he had experienced
in securing a pure white, flawless
stone, when he saw "A sad look creep
into the eyes but now fired with
Joyous mirth and gladness.
What is y, my OWN" he whis-
pered in her left auricular append
age.
"Oh, Harold, suppose
Yes, sweetheart"
Suppose we should get married !"
I'VE will, dearest" he exclaimed
with a ten-dollar-a-week nerve.
And | should lose this ring in the
fluff Of our velvet carpets?"
For moment he was dazed. Then
n decorative possibility rushed ath-
wart his prophetic soul and he said
firmly:
I'VE Will have hardwood floors. -
Detroit Free Press.
4 DESPERATE RESORT.
"Slopay is having his memory
trained"
It's good scheme; but ] don't
believe there is any use OF his trying
to improve"
He says he is getting along first
rate. It's the chain If ideas system"
We'll, If he'd only strike some
chain Of ideas that'll lead his mind
up to 500 that he borrowed last sum.
mer, I'd be willing to pay half his
tuition. - Washington Star.
PROSPECTING.
Chicago Girl (to stranger, who has
taken her in to dinner)-I am going
abroad soon and want to get some
points. Do you know anything about
English law?
Stranger-I am an English barris.
ter myself.
Chicago Girl--Oh how nice Now,
suppose Lords wife gets a divorce,
does she still have the title?-[ Brook.
lyn Life.
ACCEPTABLE ATTENTIONS.
Maude-How could you allow him
to pay such marked attention to you
when he was perfect stranger?
Elsie-Don't you think it nicer to
receive attentions from a perfect
stranger than from an imperfect ac-
quaintance?- Boston Transcript.
THE FAVOR SUE ASKED.
She-No, it can never be. ! do
not love you enough TO be your wife.
But before you 60 want to ask one
favor.
He (dejectedly)-Well, what?
She-Please do not marry anyone
else New York Weekly.