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!& tiBWR I'' s iJI;f'r'leii'l'T sa&jpgjLM4ja9eg9ffflPlpm J GOOD REASON Lover (passionately) Sir, I love the very ground your daughter walks on! Father (grimly) No doubt you do' it's worth ?200 a front foot Town Topics. o o A FUNNY CRACK Clown Do you know why ringmaster likes to flourish a whip? Equestrienne Well, why? Clown Because it's a snap. the big ry. i i . ii.in.nyi ' V ' i V. new york. theres a littel gurl what lives on east 116 st that has a paw what is a comershal traveller & he is not at home very much for he has to be out on the road selling dry goods to storekepers in the country & she has a cat that has littel kittens with which susie plays most of the time susie is the gurl i am riting about the other day susie was playing with the littel kittens while her maw and sum visitors were talking there heds off about the war and mrs sths new dress & susie had to do most of her talk ing to the cat and her kittens she picked up one of the kittens which is the purtiest of the bunch & which she likes best of all becaus it plays without scratching susie kitty, susie said, i know all your littel brothers and sisters, and i know your mamma tob, but i aint never seen your papa, where is he of corse the kitten never said noth ing atall i spech your papa must be a trav eller, kitty, susie finely added o o CHEATED Arthur sat on the front door-step crying softly. "What's the matter, little boy?" asked a kind-hearted woman who was passing. "M-ma's gone an' drowned all the kittens," he sobbed. "What a pity. I'm awfully sorry." "An' s-she p-promised boohoo 'at I c'u'd do it." . J t'vw- afaf MMMMIiMMM