The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-18
NEWSPAPER CHAff

birmingham Age-Herald.
A fatherly looking gentleman walk.
Ing through the tenement district in
Chicago. paused by a group Of child
rem playing In the street.
Well, we'll" he said to one par.
ticularly Email. grimy infant, but
you are . little fellow to be play.
ing In The street! Car you talk yetg"
The boy locked up b~elligerently.
Nav. but I kin overwhelmingly
Magazine.
The foreman OF a railway construc-
ton gang engaged on a spur near
Philadelphia was approached not
long since by an Irlshman OF the
gang. who asked about a job for his
brother Dennis.
Hes list as good a man as me-
silf," said Mike. Cant ye fix him
here?"
Il guess so" responded the fore
man. Send him here tomorrow
morning"
whole I'm about It," continued
the Celt. I'D loike to put in a word
for me other brother. Malachi"
rs he a good man. too?"
me fri'nd," said the Irishman. i'm.
pressively. "Malachi's a better man
than mesilf an Dennis put togeth.
err"
in that case said the foreman
with a grin. tell Malachi to come;
and you and Dennis can look for
other jobs."-Harper's Magazine.
Robert Hyde, the illuminator, a.
talking the other day about work.
"A disinclination to work Is the art
lists great trouble" he said. "A larry
artist will fool even himself about
his work. He will say in his Jour.
nal hat he has worked seven hours
when he knows well that half of
those hours were passed In dream
ing. Yes, II Is a common thing
for artists to fool themselves about
their work. They are like the man
who took the pledge. A minister
"a the mans daughter Fastening
homeward with a pail of fresh.
foaming beer. He halted her and
said: MY child. where are you
taking that beer?" Home to father,
sir But surely you father doesn't
drink beer?' said the minister, now
that he has signed the pledge oh.
no, sir said the girl. He don't
drink it. He only soaks his bread
in It, Exchange.
An old bachelor who lives In the
suburbs OF a Southern city. hires a
colored man to clean up his room.
I'LL the lamp. and perform like ser.
vices. A few days ago the colored
domestic. who had been using his
employers backing. said:
Boss, our blackin' am done out"
What do you mean by saying our
backing" growled the sorbid en-
ployer; everything belongs to me.
want you to understand that nothing
belongs to YOU
The terrified darby a~pologized and
promised to remember. On the fol-
lowing Sunday the bachelor happened
to meet the colored mental, accom-
panied by a chocolatecolored female
pushing a baby-carriage.
WAS that you baby In that car
riage?" he asked next day at his
house where he was entertaining
quite a number OF his friends.
NO, boss OATS not our chile; OATS
your chile. Use neber gwine to say
muffin belongs to me no NOAH
Ladies' Home Journal.
which shows the difference between
the French n the English style OF
regarding things. A music-mad young
English lady was introduced to the
great musician, and. overwhelmed by
the happiness of standing in the pres
enoe Of the composer OF Faust"
she addressed him thus: 20, l am so
lost for words to express my admir-
alton. Inspired musician. genius,
mighty master. what shall | call
your" Gounod interrupted her by
patting her on the head and saying;
Throw your arms around my neck