USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL
The flappers were taken out to tea by two staff officers resplendent in scarlet and khaki. Being “on the staff” caused the two young men to be very popular with themselves, and to treat the flappers rather patronizingly. The younger of the two girls was lost in admiration. Looking up her escort adoringly, she cooed:
“O, what lovely boots! And spurs, too! Why do you wear spurs?”
“O,” chipped in the other girl, who objected to being regarded as an infant, “the spurs are to keep the feet from slipping off their office stools!”
THE MILITARY HAIR CUT
A grizzled chap in a captain’s uniform came into a barber shop. He saluted smartly and seated himself in the chair.
“Hair cut,” he said in gruff tones.
“How would you like it cut, sir?” the barber asked.
The captain, who was baldish, answered, gruffer than ever: