Kate—Oh, was he?
Mother—No, not Wuzzy, Izzy.
I hear you give your little boy a quarter every week for behavior, Ignatz.
Sure, but I fool him. I told him the gas meter was a little bank I bought him.
At the luncheon to Nahum Sokolow, the Jewish journalist, attended by New York editors, Adolph Ochs, of the Times, told of a Jew who came to Bishop Potter, stating that he desired to embrace Christianity. The Bishop arranged for him to have a talk with one of the curates, but the applicant was insistent and said he wanted to join right away.
Why are you in such a hurry? inquired the Bishop.
Well, my family done me dirt and I want to disgrace them.