The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-07
JUST FOR FUN

How do you like my painting?"
"Oh, the colors are exquisite. What
pity we can't have such tlnts in ma
ture. Life.
Brown lives on the royalties of his
books, doesn't he?" yes; soup three
times n week and a toOthpick on Sun.
day."-Atlanta Constitution
Mac-Fancy meeting you out in the
this rain. Ducksie-Oh. | like 1t. Mac
Then you must be raindear Duck
sie-If am you must be raln.beau.-
New Yorker.
Can you lend me a twenty, old
chap? I'm going on my vacation and
need 1t badly" wait till you get 1t
back, old fel-youll need It worse
thenn'-Puck.
Rector am so glad to see you are
such a constant attendant at church.
Patricls. Patrick-Oh, enj'ys it,
sorr. | sits me down and lays me legs
up and thinks o. nothlng.-Yale Rec.
ord.
Mrs. Teaser would make a great
baseball catcher" What makes you
think so?" "Why, the other night she
caught her husband stealing home
and put him out."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Il suppose in order to be poet one
must have a great deal of imagina-
ton" "He must If he thinks he is
ever going to achieve distinction by
writing poetry."-Chicago Record
Herald.
Slimly-What feeble horse! Why
do you keep such cripple? Mr.
Manygals-Young feller, that's the
hoss use for chasin' my darturs when
they elope with fellers. Chicago
News.
Doctor" queried the inquisitive
| person. "do you believe that the cigar
ette habit causes weak minds?" Not
necessarily" replied the NJ. ID. "As a
rule it merely indicates them."-Chi.
caSo News.
Teacher-What Is It that our Chris
tian people should spread through the
world? Tommie-I don't know, ma
en- through our misionaries?" Pen
MES, ma lam. m."-Yonkers Statesman.
81 often wonder just what she thinks
of me-" said the young married man.
Its easy to find out" said the elderly
married man. "Just sit down on her
hat, and she will tell you what she
| thinks of you in less than minute" B"
-Tit-Bits.
"Oh, I'm not afraid" said the self
confident youth. when | interview
your father I'll make him toe the
mark" 81 don't doubt It, rejolned the
knowing maid, "for papa has had some
experience at toeing marks before.
| Chicago News.
Rebecca-You see, | met Martha,
| and she Is so hard to get away from.
Rachel-How funny! I've heard her say
the same thing about you, Rebecca-
Well, that beats everything! I've heard
her say it about you, too.--Cincinnati
| ommercial-Tribune.
I'VE need drawer or something to
put these cuts away in," said the fore
| man OF the country weekly. Raven I
got any drawer now that's not in
use," replied the editor. But, hold on!
Yes, we have. Take the cash drawer" "
philadelphia Ledger.
1T was his first trip to sea-" said
| the first sailor; "and when we were
goin' down the bay we worked off a
lot of old yarns on him" He swallow
ed them O. course" said the other.
"Yes, but only temporarily. We struck
rough water purity son."
"You know Jones. who was reputed
SO rich? Well, he died the other day,
and the only thing he left was an old
Dutch clock" well, there's one good
thing about 1t; it won't be much
trouble to wind up his estate!"-New
| Orleans Times-Democrat
"Your friend looked at the lines in
my palm the other evening" said Miss
Elderly, "and he said 1t was a great
pleasure to read such a hand as mine"
"Yes," assented Miss Paraffne,
George is a great hand to read an