“It isn’t hard to sit up with a sick friend when he has a charming sister,” reports B. B. But if it were a sick horse, Venus herself would be in the way.

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“Saving the penny is all right,” writes a vox-popper to the Menominee News, “but saving the dollar is 100 per cent better.” At least.

MUSIC HATH CHAHMS.

What opus of Brahms’ is your pet?—

A concerto, a trio, duet,

Sonate No. 3

(For Viol. and P.),

Or the second piano quartette?

Our favorite Brahms? We’re not sûr,

For all are so classique et pur;