The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-23
The Limit.

The Limit.
Don't you thina.' said the soulful Your
Thing. that a ruined old church. with II
ivy clinging 10 It's crumbling walls. CONF
nearer than anything else TO realizing one
Ideal OF pat.en; resignation
That's what it Does" replied the Youn
Man with the camera. Il don't know an,
thing that will stand for being pilot
graphed half as often."-Exchauge.
No Sole for Music.
How queer exclaimed Miss PERT
Goodwin. at the Wagner recital. MY foe
has gore to sleep-and In all this nois,
toO"'-EXchange.
I From the other End of h Line.
The Bookkeeper: You seem TO be takin
n good deal OF pains with that documen
you're writing. Is it a letter OF resigna
/ tio1?'
TIL Cashier: NO: IT'S a letter Of accsp
! lance. | am answering a letter of-er-
resignation I've Just got from the head o
the iirm."-EXchange.
Lcnten Modification.
Hello. Wosgly' Still doing the ~soc!et,
column on the Daily Bread?''
Nc. For the next six weeks I've got I,
do North Side night police."-ENchanse.
HI. FIipper.
Dora. I wish You would be a little NOR,
polite and friendly to Mr.. Pawkils whe,
he calls. He comes OF a good family. he Fl
educated. pleasing in his address. Is in ex
,ellent circumstances financially. and you
father ard I consider him altogether a SUI
.r,rior young man"
III" may be all that. mamma but shak
iHE hands Will. him is like shaking hand.
with u ish."-Excharge.
M, NJ.
Teacher: u You know who is known a.
the 'hravest Of the brave
First Boy: No"
Teacher: Next
Teacher: Correct"
Second EOy: Me-"
First Boy: Well. isn't that what saidc"
bloodhound Take BETTER.
80 you wont let me play Hamlet?' said
StOrTninston Barnes.
"I:lnphatically. no." answered the man
aGer.
You have no respect Tor the character o.
the great Dane
Now. my dear Storm was the soothing
rei,inder. &" what does the public care about
great Danes: What they want is the blood
hounds in Uncle Toms Cabin Troy
Tines.
Where Her Interest Ceases.
so your wife has a great ondness for
fction?'
..Er-a-yes: all except the kind 1 tell her"
Philadelphia Bulletin.
True Enough-Cassidy: Man. we're
drunk" Casey: IT'S a lie ys're speakin'
Cassidy. Ye'd not dare to say that to me
~ OF WAS sober" Cassidy: Nv We wuz
sober ye'd hov sinse enough to know ye wuz
drunk."-Philadelphia Press.
aLyu- Tnn NSrrh
IT'S astonishing how inconsiderate people
can be-"
What's the matter now
why an amateur dramatic club out our
way IS going 10 give an entertainment for
charity"
And they want o TO buy some tick
cts"
oh. it Isn't that. I wns glad to buy the
tickets. but they want US to come and sit
through the show."-Chicago Post.
He: You have a headache. you sayT"
She: Yes. i have"
DO you suffer much from headache
Yes: always when / have i~t"-Yonkers
Statesman.
A Question of Individual Taste.
The wife OF an Indiana parson ran away
with a convict a few days ago"
Il suppose she preferred stripes to solid
colurs. Plain Dealer.
Miss Primrose: Don't you ever give
your dog any eXerc'sey'
Miss Hollyhock fondling a fat pug dogs
of course. 1 feed him with chocolates
every few minutes. just to mako him wag
his tail."-Tid-Bits.
Stevens: "Hadley fell downstairs tho
other day and followed 1t by falling over
n Wheelbnrrow at the bottom OF the hight.
YardIey: Gracious. what an experience
stevens: Yes; Hadley says II was so
like a ride in an auto that 1t brought back
the ~pleasantest of remembrances.' Boston
Transcript.
Hostess ito guests. who have TO spend a
few days,: We're so glad you've been able
10 come. Mrs. Gushington: but l do hope We
are going to have better weather. or 1 am
afraid you won't enjoy yourselves much.
Miss G~ushington: oh. but. my dear Lazy
We didn't come here to enjoy our
selves. We came to see you.
Took Something to Support That.-r.pA'
Are you sure you can support my oousn-
Gov in the style to which she Is accus-
toned" The Suitor: We'll. l will only say
that Yesterday l disposed OF my
which l kept In good repair for over two
Papa (brokenly): "She Is yours. my
hoy. /. too, once owned an auto."-Brook-
lyn Life.
In the Proper Mood.-"Mr. Written can
work to-day" %telephoned the wife OF
the dramatic author. because he has the
grip, and the medicine he has taken has
affected his brain so that he cannot utter
three words that show any sense or connec-
"All right answered the impresa-
rio. Tell him to write me q libretto for
another comic opera. and sketch the scena-
rio for a dramatized novel before he re-
covers. And say, give him another dose OF
hat medicine IL he becomes rational before
he work is Observation-Disclosures American.
The Reversible Pursuit.
Paul: Percy, what is your idea OF sue
>ess?"
Percy: my idea of success? Well. It is
having people run after me who used TO
.un away from me.'-Detroit Free Press.
This here wireless telegraph seems 70 b
, pretty good Idea said the first Kansas
bout a. quick as our cyclones. but It
lasn't the carrying powers."-Baltimors
most truthful person in town. Why. I verify
,elieve she would tell the truth even about
Ter age"
Mrs Pike: THAT wouldn't be truthful
less, it would simply be eccentricty."-Bos-
Transcript
WELL said the girls father sternly,
Ifter the timid sutton had finally stated
family. young manT'
Gee whiz," exclaimed the young man.
you lost your job?"-Philadelphis
'ress.