The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-13

Literary fTeSS.J
HUNOR OF THE Day
She-This is the candy store where we
first met. You took shelter here from the
Yes Yes and TU now 1 see that there was a sa-,
past.-Fliegende Blaetter.
TT is not SC many years since people
were laughing at the telephone, said the
ed MT sirins Barker Now instead Of
laughing at it, we lose our tempers." -
Washington Star.
Little Clarence-Pa, honestly don't be-
Ieve 1t does me a bit Of good when you
idea. how much good it sometimes does me
to thrash you.-Puck.
Yes, I have a cousin in Barcelona: -
ried-they're having such dreadful times
a as psop1be AND Vim ss mag es nth Re
hasn't sent me any picture postcards
about it.''-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Did you ever stop to think, my dear"
said Mr.. Micawber, gazing at his plate of
lobster salad, that the things we love
nsyer T 5Rs Win are the things bt that
kind said Mrs. Micawber, Strengthening
up, as 10 tell me WheIner you are speak
Ing of the salad or of me. sirY'-Tit- Bits.
Father said little Rolio. What is an
son. an optimist is a man who finds his
own affairs prosperous and tries to per-
and disturb conditions. w ashington Star.
Are you indeed a. really and truly
fairy?" asked the little girl. Yes, 1 am
a fairy. 1 live here in the woods, but no
body but good children ever sees me-
But how do you fix people SO they can't
see your" II lend them money."-Cleve-
land Leader.
do you and your wife ever have any
differences of opinion?' asked the i'm
pertinent acguai11tanMee- only once in
Henrietta changes her mind about some
thing and neglects to notify me."-wash-
ington Star
t,o MillieaPa x may / ask one more anes-
man from Portugal is Portuguese. is his
little boy Il Portugosling? Pa-Right to
bed with you.-st. Louis Times.
But said the merchant to the appli-
ry about that" replied the man with the
cross-cropped head and strange pallor;
for my good behavior in my last place
Catholic Standard and Times.
Friend-I understand. Mrs. Stern. that
your daughter has been married since Wa
last met Mrs; steTn-Yes. and been al.
py man?-Boston Transcript.
Her Father (sternly)-Genevieve. you
are engaged to some young man. Herself
%. father, how did you discover my
secret? Her Father-The gas bill for the
pa said the beautifti heissess. you
Weddng 4heres e vii Sc ons t ese the ae
give me away. TO give you away?
6SS E9sh ba5 5h9 It. a Baron no s for Il
cash to take you? I guess you amt no
premium. are you?"-Chicago Record
There is a man who does not care how
tionaI citizen ne taxes taxes no Count e of the
blighted hopes with which his pathway
man. interrupted the busy person. What
is he, a baseball umpire or customs in
shington Star.
IT. The Chinese have a much older eiviliz,
at dD thar than Sstct, Yes anSSwered b the
that the Ananias. Club is by no means the
modern affair we had considered IT.
Star
Magistrate-Are g,oH a friend of the priss-
r-in, niNSln YORK World /" MS
Il hear ySy spent your vacation with
first week. Courier-Journal.
Where are you going to spend your va,
eation?' I'm not going to- 'Huh2' ''I
lust earn my vaca tommy family spends
t.''-Cleveland Leader.
Crawford-so your wife doesn't make
nince pies any more? Crabshaw-No. She
lses ALI the odds and ends around the
house trimmings for her hat.-ruck.
Patience-Before she married that man
The thought he was the most graceful OF
men. Patrice-And is she disappointed in
lin? ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Say, you
ust. ought to see him try to carve