* * *
Raw Hand (at sea for first time and observing steamer's red and green lights): "'Ere's some lights on the starboard side, Sir."
Officer: "Well, what is it?"
R. H.: "Looks to me like a drug store, Sir."
* * *
"Can you play bridge to-night?"
"Sorry. Going to hear some Wagner."
"What—do you like the stuff?"
"Frankly, no; but I've heard on the best authority that his music's very much better than it sounds."
* * *