REMINDERS
HE (to wife who is off for the beach)—"Now, don't forget me, dear."
SHE—"As if I could, Jack. The surf at night sounds just like you snoring."
The late Horace Hutton used to say that having to take a little trouble would impress a fact on any one's memory so that he would never be able to forget it. In illustration he would tell this story:
"Our waitress, Maggie, could never remember to put salt on the table, and time after time Mrs. Hutton would remind her to do it. One morning it was absent, as usual, and I said, 'Maggie, where is the stepladder?'
"'It's in the pantry, sir!'
"'Please bring it in, Maggie,' I said kindly.
"Maggie brought it in with a look of wonder on her face.
"'Put it right beside the table,' I commanded, and when she had done so I added: 'Now, I want you to climb up to the top of it, look all over the table and see if there is any salt there.'
"Maggie never forgot the salt again."
"What's that piece of cord tied around your finger for?"
"My wife put it there to remind me to post a letter."
"And did you post it?"
"No; she forgot to give it to me."
CONDUCTOR—"Do you mind if I put your bag out of the way, sir? People coming in are falling over it."
TRAVELER—"You leave it where it is. If nobody falls over it I shall forget it's there."