"
"Large and affectionate?" he stammered and looking very much
surprised.
"Yes, indeed," said the principal. "No less than twelve of your
daughter's brothers have called frequently during the winter to take
her driving and sleighing, while your eldest son escorted her to the
theatre at least twice a week. Unusually nice brothers they are."
_The Voice of the Lady_
"Life" recently printed this extremely clever sketch by Tom Masson:
It was a quiet Sunday rooming on a side street. A playful breeze had
lifted off the tarpaulin that covered the newsstand, and the
magazines were enjoying a quiet hour by themselves.
"Harper's" took occasion to edge away from "McClure's."
"Your cheapness makes me dizzy," it observed, with a superior sniff.
"My cheapness is as nothing to your dullness,", exclaimed
"McClure's," with some heat.
"Nonsense!" replied "Harper's." "Why, I once published an
interesting story."
A chorus of groans greeted this admission.
"The trouble with you fellows," observed "The Century," "is that you
do not understand the really serious side of life.
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