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Show PHUNISMS THE LITTLE BLACK BOX. There's a little black box in old Weber, It stands at the head of the stairs. There's a slit in the top and from the depth thereof, The staff obtains trials and cares. It's the place for your jokes and your stories, For your sketches, poems and such things So the minute you feel overloaded, Just go there and loosen the strings. Manning asked Lucile Thomas what part of the body contained the most gelatine. Lucile "The soup-bone." Bro. Wilson was holding down the parlor sofa while Mary was doing a piano stunt "Why is it that you play only religious pieces?" he queried. "Well, you see this is an upright piano," Mary explained. William Berrett applied to his barber for his monthly shave. As the barber applied the lather the brush lingered as if loath to move. William being ordinarily a very patient man, stirred uneasily. "See here, my friend, I am due at Florence Browning's at 8:30. You hold the brush still and I'll move my head." ACORN 26 Glenna N. (filling out a blank) "Just a minute, I have to put my Glendon Cordon in another place." Ezra Chandler, chairman of the Employment Agency, of the Public Service Bureau, sent out the following advertisements: Wanted A young man to mash potatoes with a wooden leg. Wanted In a delicatissen store, a young man to bite holes in Swiss cheese. A refined widow would like a gentleman for breakfast and supper. Experienced man desires strong assistant to help him open a jewelry store. A Boyle on your track means money, you know, A boil on your nose means pain But when students boil over with spirit like ours, Their school will lead in the game. Willie had swallowed a penny, and his mother was in a state of alarm. "Helen," she called to her sister in the next room, "send for a doctor. Willie has swallowed a penny." The terrified boy looked up imploringly. "No, mamma," he interposed; "send for the minister." "The minister!" exclaimed his mother. "Yes, because papa says our minister can get money out of anybody." Ex. Nice Cut Flowers for the Holidays at The Flower Shop ELIZABETH HUTH, Frop. Phone 73 Eccles Building |