Of what occupation is a manager of a theatre? A stage-driver.
What miss is that whose company no one ever wants? Mis-fortune.
What misses are those whose days are always unlucky? Mis-chance and mis-hap.
What miss is always making blunders? Mis-take.
What misses are of a very jealous temper? Mis-give and mis-trust.
When is it no misfortune for a young lady to lose her good name? When a young man gives her a better one.
When does a dentist do the most work? When he extracts several acres (achers).
Why is an umbrella a paradox? Because it is best when used up.
What happens when a light falls into the water at an angle of forty-five degrees? It goes out.
What great surgical operation does the manufacturing of maple-sugar remind you of? Tree panning.