m 'AN IMPOSSIBLE POST I- With tense, eager faces, the great ' audience ot women leaned forward .in their.seals, eagerly 'drinking in the noted speaker's every wbrd. "Mere man," she was saying, "is "wont to belittle woman's ability to enter the fields already usurped by him., ,As a matter of fact, she is "capable of filling any post of public .or private office now held 1 man, tand, if appointed to it, could even (-perform man's tasks with greater 'faithfulness andrgreater daring. "Nameif you can, one post for "swhich she cannot fit herself! Name ibne office to which she would not, could not, give the greatest measure Kof capability, the highest degree of ; courage, the :1i A mere man, who Jiad slipped un noticed into a back seat', rose at this rpoint, and the light of sudden inspira tion gleamed in his eye. . t, "Rat catcher!" he shouted. And then he fled. ' ' i T f ADOLF nouA gfcf; ( I know vee 4 T&Yi To pur J5 CONTEMPT OF COURT An amusing scene was recently en acted in.a country court. The justice, a big, pompous official, with a voice like a trombone, took it upon himself to examine a witness., a little, with ered old man, whose face was as re.d and wrinkled as a smoked herring. "What is your name?" asked the justice. "Why, squire.'Lsaid the astonished witness, "you know my name as well as I know yourn." 'Tlever you mindwhat I knov, or what I don't know," was the caution given -with magisterial severity. "I ask the question in my official ca- it under oath." With a contemptuous snort the witness gave his name and the ques tioning proceeded. "Where do you live?" x "Why," he continued, appealing to ' the laughing listeners, "I've lived in , this town all my hfe, and so s he, pointing to the justice, "an to hear him go on you'd think " "Silence!" thundered the irate magistrate. "Answer my question, or I'll fine you for contempt of court" Alarmed by the threat, the witness named his place of residence, and the examination went on. "What is your occupation?" "Eh?" "What do you, do for a living?" "Oh, git" out,' squire. Jest as if you don't know that m a gardener." "As a private-individual I do know it, but as the court I know nothing about it," said, the perspiring justice. "Well, squire," remarked the puz zled witness, "if .you know somethih' outside the courtroom and don't know nothing far ifyou'd better get out .and let. somebody try this case that's got sense." And the witness was fined for con tempt. b o Warder Your wife's outside and wants to see you. Prisoner Oh, telt her I'm out -r- -