If a dog should lose his tail where would he get another? At Wanamaker’s, where everything is retailed.
Why is a person with his eyes closed like a defective schoolmaster? He keeps his pupils in darkness.
Why is early grass like a penknife? Because the springs bring out the blades.
Why is an old man’s farm in Texas like the focus of a sun glass? It’s a place where the sons raise meat (sun’s rays meet).
Why is a real estate man not a man of words? Because he is a man of deeds.
Why is the isthmus of Suez like the first u in cucumber? Because it’s between two seas.
What did Ruth do to offend Boaz? She pulled his ears and trod on his corn.
Why are some singers like cheese curds? Because they require to be pressed.
Why ought meat to be only half cooked? Because what’s done cannot be helped.
Why is a woman like the telegraph? Because she is always in advance of the mail intelligence.