Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-07

uyo bad obsor,,ed yoIr dainty ear.
'Tis good to see-but the winters near
And the style of your coiffure's cold
Lady, the winter nears;
And the latest thing in the coiffure style
Is sweet and simple and does beguile;
But-lady, list to our plea awhile
What Of your shell-like ears?
Some Financial Difference
she-I have set my heart on a wedding
trip around the world.
Hell thought you had set 1t on marrying
me.
Amazing
Isn't It astonishing how much patience
some people have-with themselves?
The Finish of That Lamb
Mary had little lamb
OF which she lost all track;
And many years had passed away
Before she got 1t back.
OF course the little lamb had growI
Till 1t was fat and tall;
And though her appetite was large
She did not get it all.
In fact, that she was eating 1t
Poor Mary never knew;
For she had told the waiter man
To bring her chicken stew.
Defined
"Paw what's a sobriquet?"
"a respectable PERSONS nickname my son."
His Plan
The shipwrecked sailor had crust;
Twas quite too hard to eat;
He knew, ere he could feed, he must
Contrive to make it sweet
He set the cabin door ajar
And gave 1t quite a SIAM
And by this means the hungry tar
AT last got at the iamb.
A Chance
you ought to be ashamed of yourself"
said the Judge severely to the siX-foot pris-
oner, striking man half your size"
well, gave him fair chance I stood
him chair"
The Turkey Trot
At some near day,
Quite soon we pray,
A. Rustem Bey
Will sail away.
His talk he knew
Was baly rot.
So now he'll do
The Turkey" trot.
The War and Delicatessen
The war has lasted two months, yet lin
burger sandwich still be bought for 10
cents.
Strong Resemblance
Wissahickon-Manyo of these great victories
n Europe remind me of disappointed office
seekers.
Fairmount-What's the similarity?
Wissahickon-They are unconfirmed.
Impossible
my friend" said the impecunious one,
please lend me SO This is an emergency"
lawfully sorry" the reply, but 1 am
not supplied with emergency currency"
What's in a Name?
Totling-Speaiing of bird dogs. what do you
hink of that one?
Dimling-Thats no bird dog That's a Dug
Totling-That's what you think but it's
'wner has named him Robin"
Latest Addition
Brown October ale" has been called to
he colors.
The Sweet Girls
Women who run for office should be known
Is candy dates
And 1t Was
That" remarked a soldier of the Scots
ireys' after applying the brown paint brush
o his mount, ''is horse Of another color"
May Not Succeed
And now the Germans threaten to turn In
nd take Turnhout. II
Take Your Choice
The wounded soldier man was i'll
Ana so they sent him back from Lille
Though he objected quite while,
Ihey would not let him stay at Lille
So, as we said he willy-nilly
went TO some other place from Lille.
1t May Be Needed
What pity the Ancient and Honorable
rtllery Company of Boston has to go away
eIore the worlds series. 1t might be of as
Stance TO the Braves in the frontal attack
n the White Elephants.
Explained
See here" said tn. irate subscriber, "it
ou praise this fellow Brown again I'm
trough. He's dead beat" 4
II know II, and didn't praise him." re-
lled the editor Of the Hayville Chronicle,
called him a noted man, and he is hold
X of his notes myself"
Ubiquitous
One OF the densest mysteries OF the present
uropean war is how the Kaiser can be
wing at Berlin and directing the Operations
the German army in Eastern Prussia
5ainst the Russians at the same time
Poor Memory
my MY wife will pay 10 cents carfare to ride
Nv Imm'omh u ,Si, ana ana save cents at a bargain Z
.ie, SAID the young married man.
You nave nothing TO worry about" replied n
e ola NJ, NJ until she learns to forget
'out the spool of silk she started out 10 get
Id buys $50 hat instead"
THE RARRT INC EnnT