Good Stories Reprinted from the Ladies' Home Journal of Philadelphia
A fat woman entered a crowded street car and, seizing a strap, stood directly in front of a man seated in the corner. As the car started she lunged against his newspaper and at the same time trod heavily on his toes.
As soon as he could extricate himself he rose and offered her his seat.
“You are very kind, sir,” she said, panting for breath.
“Not at all, madam,” he replied; “it’s not kindness; it’s simply self-defense.”
A charming, well-preserved widow had been courted and won by a physician. She had children. The wedding-day was approaching, and it was time the children should know they were to have a new father. Calling one of them to her she said: “Georgie, I am going to do something before long that I would like to talk about with you.”
“What is it, Ma?” aiked the boy.
“I am intending to marry Doctor Jones in a few days, and—”
“Bully for you. Ma, Does Doctor Jones know it?”
The morning class had been duly instructed and enlightened upon the subject of our national independence. Feeling sure she had made a real and lasting impression with her explanations and blackboard illustrations the young teacher began with the usual round of questions:
“Now, Sammy Smith, where was the Declaration of Independence signed?”
Sammy, with a shout of glee: “At de bottom, ma’am—that’s what you said!”
A traveler going to New Zealand was asked by a friend if he would inquire, while there, as to the whereabouts of the friend’s grandfather, Jeremiah Thompson.
Various
Good Stories
THE LADIES’ HOME JOURNAL
Warding Off a Catastrophe
Not What She Expected
Of Course
He Had Certainly Met Him
No Place Like Home
She Felt Bad When Well
Drove Him Mad
Tweedledum or Tweedledee
It Was Mary’s Own Idea
He Couldn’t Very Well
A Coat That Wouldn’t Come Off
The Young Housewife’s Latest
He Did His Best
The Power Behind
Easy Enough
He Had Left the Cards All Right
And That Settled It
What Do You Think the Porter Did?
She Said It
His Idea of Genius
Took the Wrong House
And Tommy Did
The Prayer of Cyrus Brown
Couldn’t Tell Which
The Greater Calamity
Her First Railroad Ride
The Parson and the “Light”
Turn About is Fair Play
His Only Chance
He Saw Them, All Right
An Easy Way to Stop It
What Brought Them?
Give and Take
Too Much of a Good Thing
Had Missed It
Denied the Only Shade
Wanted to Make Her Happy
Easy Enough
Not a Complaint at All
He Caught It, But——
He Didn’t Mind
He Announced His Intentions
As a Last Resort
He Got the Information
After Many Trials
It Was His Only Tie
Playing Doctor
The Feminine Point of View
He Had Faith in the Doctor
What He Used the Milk For
Nothing if Not Polite
Her Little Game
A Case of Adaptation
What Would Happen
Couldn’t Fool Him That Far
And They Wondered!
She Had Him That Time
Necessity: Not Choice
Mr. Beecher’s Prescription
A Recipe for a Bridal Couple
Both of the Same Kind
“Follow the Leader”
Very Easily Explained
Proved His Teacher Wrong
At the Department Store
The Worst Death There Is
A Long-Lived Family
Silenced the Ringleader
Got Out of That, All Right
He Simply Looked That Way
What She Would Like
The Highest Price in the Store
From Different Points
So Son: So Father?
How Could He?
Couldn’t Leave Town
He Knew His Father
A Valuable Office Boy
She Had a Question to Ask
The Only Time When He Does
In the Absence of a Tip
Her Father Didn’t Like It
He Didn’t Mind His Going Once
Never Again
A Kiss in the Rain
What He Had Re(a)d
Apostle and Epistle
More than Enough
His Only Request
A Good Majority
Ready to Accommodate Her
A New Name for Them
He Wanted to Know
Woman’s Love and Man’s Love
Much Simpler
One Button was in Use
He Remembered
Wasn’t Delicate at All
A Live Topic
The After-College Girl’s Complaint
It All Seemed So Unnecessary
Overdid it a Bit
One on the Doctor That Time
Anxious About Him
The Only Way He Could Help
He Was Willing to Oblige
Not All the Time, But——
Necessity and Invention
Taking No Chances
Too Much Curiosity
They Were Both Charged
Could Use the Other Kind, Too
A Regard for Appearance
Rapid-Fire
Kipling at a Luncheon
Getting His Trousseau Ready
There Was a Chance
Deserved to be Tried
End of the Honeymoon
If You Have a Mole
Her Own Eyes Good Enough for Him
How Did He Know?
So Mother—So Son
An Endless Wash
Once Dead Always Dead
Had to Get it Done Somehow
A Personal Demonstration
Not for Him
Such a Pleasant Room
Giving a Woman Her Rights
A Riddle to Willie
Under Her Bed
Didn’t Think He Was Polite
He Had a Large Reach
When Fighting Really Began
Guarding Against Future Mistakes
A Mistake on Both Sides
Sauce for the Gander
Those Hits at “The Journal”
Easing His Conscience
He Would Lose, Anyway
Force of Habit
What “R. S. V. P.” Means
The Wrong Kind of a Baby
A Poser for the Salesman
Not in the Army, After All
Her Literary Loves
How Grandma Viewed Them
So Easy When it is Explained
Sixty Girls Not One Too Many
One on the President
No Doubt of it
The Lesson Stopped
The Wrong One
A Good Pair of Boots
Not Just the Right Place
What Else Could He Be?
He Had to Stand Up
His Heartbreaking Task
Easily Accounted For
The Retort Courteous!
When He Left
A Popular Store
He Couldn’t Bend
Really, All the Same
He Had a Good Excuse
One of Lincoln’s Little Notes
Fair Play
Cold Comfort That
A “Billet-Doux”
When Pat Laughed Last
Could Eat, but Couldn’t See
How She Got It
What the “Grip” Is
Wouldn’t Have Been Strange
A Place for Jeremiah
The One Thing He Wanted
Why He Would Like It
Why Mr. Duffy’s Nose was Red
Why He Knew
Her Idea of Remembrance
Did He Win Her?
The Dog wasn’t Touched
Not the Kind She Wanted
His Last Request
Why He Really Wanted to Go
No End to This Game for Two
And This in Boston!
Man Wants but Little, etc.
It Certainly Tickled Them
Cured Without Medicine
Enthusiasm Squelched
Definitive
Wanted to Give Her Every Chance
Murder Will Out
Taking Mamma at Her Word
It Was Worse Than Bigotry
A Devotional Turn of Mind
Poor Little Chap!
The Horse Had a Habit
She Won Her Uncle
Still He Wondered
A Lesson In It
It Was His Privilege
Still Hopeful
He Thought She Ought to Know It
A Possible Substitute
One on the Preachers
Charlie Remembered Her Well
Couldn’t Follow Him
Frivolity of Outward Show
Just as Well
The Same, Only a Little Different
For Him to Decide
A Large Corporation
Accommodating Man
The Early Bird
No Wonder He Asked “Why?”
The Safest Place
An Inspiring Model
When the Honeymoon Began
And She Kept on Smoking
Doubtful Assurances
A New Use for an Apple
It Looked That Way
Music Touched His Heart
Some Amusing Blunders
They Come High—But
At Any Cost
Where Was Bill?
All That Glisters is Not Gold
Her Affectionate Brothers
The Voice of the Lady
Cheer Up, Everybody
A New Kind of Bait
He Could Supply Specimens
Was It His Ghost?
Willie’s April Fool on Mamma!
Full Particulars Given
News for the Bishop
A Case of Mutual Application
She Didn’t Sleep Well
They Planned a Little Surprise for Him
He Knew Only One
He Proved It Was Logical
The Old Man Knew Best
Watch and Pray
No Doubt About That
All’s Fair in Love
An Addition to the Catechism
No Two Ways About It
The Maid Knew a Thing or Two
Under Similar Conditions
His First Move
His “Catch” Was Delayed
Using His Friends
He Did—After That
