“Lost—Pair of trousers while shopping. Finder call Dinsmore 1869.”—Minneapolis Journal.
The female of the shopping species is rougher and more ruthless than the male.
“Ancient Rome, in the height of her glory, with her lavish amusements, Olympian games,” etc.—The enraptured advertiser.
The proof reader asks us if it was an eruption of Mt. Olympus that destroyed Pompeii.
GARDENS.
My lady hath a garden fair,
Wherein she whiles her hours:
She chides me that I do not share
Her rage for springing flowers.
I tell her I’ve a garden, too,