Evening journal., 1907-12-27
Personal and Pertinent


wei-drtssed Washington woman took from her
pocket two pawn tickets
How do YOU happen to have documents Of that kind
in possession" asked a friend.
They belong to me- that's how" replied the we'll
dressed woman serenely. i pawned pieces of
lewery when went away in July and haven't got the
things out yol"
The friends face took expression of mingled
sympathy and wonder.
Well" she exclaimed oyou are certainly the last per-
son would have thought coming down to that
You always seems to have plenty Of money"
Il didn't pawn the things because needed money"
said tho well l-dressed II put them there for
saie keeping For several years have been storing
furs IN pawnshop during the summer Since they were
so we'll taken Of there concluded pawn
proNo WIN my Jewey tls season Last year the ware
house where I had the things broken into
and lost two rings and bracelet A pawnshop is
about the safest place on earth TO keep things in 1t is
hard enough for people 70 get their stun sometmes
but it is almost impossible for anybody else get
combination Of reasons have become a pawnshop pa
tron Washington Star.
Mrs. stiles van Brocklin. whose time was divided
among her twelve womens club and away from her
children took an on-day at Christmas to visit
shop in the interest Of her six osprings down
with het gaudy purchases she had reached her
Saro where the ehharen We're making snowman, when
an elegant equipaee jnged the curb and stopped
"Oh Mrs. Van Brocklin." cried a lady from the coach
~come with the Social Problem meeting"
Exclaning that she had forgotten all about this meet
children about the snowman and pressed the toy pack
TAKE these inside and distribute them among your
she whisked away in the friends coach.
ihat night Nncn she returned home, she struck
by the snriy ana tear stained faces OF her children.
Put the desrs right 60 bed" she ordered nurse
taking in the situation with the qucness accuracy
OF the average CLUB woman. Il can see they're tired
out ana seery after much excitement with their
1T aint that. maam.' returned nurse. "You"-
4 DIDN'T brng them just what each wanted, perhaps2
Well, it's hard 10 please so many
It aiat that either mum; but YOU gave all the toys
to the boy next doorl'-Judge.
"A woman" remarked the man in the trolley car. has
very little PERCEPTION in the domain OF mechanics
inability to throw stone or put The right foot FIRST OF
car IN aightng Is proverbial but there have
again. That woman who just got on got up blocks
before she 20 her and blacked way She
put that grip straight across the aisle so that others had
/ TO climb over and each time the started and she
needed room to put foot catch herself grip
prevented het doing so saw what was comng-they
say women have all the intuition, but have
or other just like intoxicated persons who defy all the
laws Of gravity. and so suppose they must have deal
Of Intuition even If they haven't much mechanical
Philadelphia Record
Samuel Gompers. while attending the convention or
the National civic Federation in Chicago got into
argument with banker.
At the end Of of the bankers assertions Mr. Com
pers gayly
yes possible to say good word for almost any
state OF things isn't t2 remember once in very
tidy chophouse IN Syracuse hearing guest exclana as
he took up a soled bin Of rare:
BY Jove what excellent idea-samples the va
rious dishes glued to the menu. Washington Star
President Manuel Amador OF Panama tells this little
tale Of a certain Cuban millionaire:
An unfortunate obtained access TO this mil
piced his wreched poverty in most vivid colors In
deed. graphic the story that the mill
lonaire felt himself affected he had never been be-
fore. With tears in his eyes he summoned his SER
want and IN a quavering voice said.
John, put this poor fellow out He is breaking nv
i heart "-Evcrybody's Magazine.
hrst-grade boy brought perfect spelling papers home
for several weeks and then suddenly began nNe
/ and six
"Hows this son?" asked his father
Teachers fault" replied the boy
"How is il the teachers fault?"
nov that sat 10. - ,il-.1.I
phia Ledger
well" demanded the -visaged woman at the back
door, what do YOU want2"
Why replied the tramp. Il seen you advertised table
board in dis mornn's papers
",snle"
well. thought mebbe yer wuz givin' out some sam
ples."-Cat ,ic Standard and Tines