Ashes Of Fun

"Mr Duffington fcasn't W7 society manners "ís he awkwaxd?" "No, but he doesn't like tea."- Chicago Record. She- ís it not true that two people can Uve as cheaply as one? He- Yes, if they are married. Not it they are engaged. - Puck. Ted- She still loves me. Ned- How do you know? Ted- When she returned ny presents she prepaid the express charges. - Harlem Life. Mr. Poorly- This 'ere walm íall down eí yer don't flx it: the cracks are enonrous. Landlord - A.11 right. l'U have it papered at once.- Atlanta ConBtitution. "That young Pilling isa, fussy fellow." "I should say he was. Whea he parts his hair in the middle he counts the hairs on each side."- Cloveland Leader. Editress- This joke dates from the time of Pharaoh. Humorist- How careess I -was to submit it to you, when I Aight have known you -would remembr it. - Truth. The young man who is anxious t# lay the -world at the íeet of the girl be idores, three months after he marries her isn't willing even to lay the carpet.- Yonkers Statesman. "It is shameful that the states nave to legislate about woman's theater hats. "Why?" "Well, it 6hows how little influence men Bave with thelr wiTes."- Chicago Record. "It is, indeed, hard," said the melancholy gentleman, "to lose one's relatives." "Hard?" snorted the gentleman of wealth. 'íHard? It i3 imposBible."- Cinclnnatl Enqulrer. "Bixby has glven up learning to play chess." "Too much for his mental callber?" "No, he hurt nis jaw trying :o pronounce the names of the leading players."- Cleveland Plaln Dealer. Artist- I flatter myself this last pio ture of mine is an excellent cae. Another Artist- My dear fellow, you don't natter yourself halt as much as you natter the picture.- Roxbury Gazette. "This," said he, as he inhaled the balmy October air, "is Indian summer." "■I always maintained," she replied, "that the Indians were capable of good work if given the chance."- Chicago News. Smith- I see that a bullet from one of those-new rifles -will kill six men, standing one behind another. Thompson- Y ou don't say? Tn that case a. man might just as -well go to the front.