DAYLIGHT WISDOM
Elder Sister.—"Oh! he proposed after supper, did he—after dancing with you all night—and you refused him? Quite right! My dear child, never believe in any proposal until the young man calls at eleven in the morning and asks you to be his wife!"
AN UNAPPRECIATED COMPLIMENT
"Good-night, Miss Maud!"
"I'm not Miss Maud."
"Miss Ethel, I mean. Won't you shake hands with me? How ungrateful of you! and just after I've been taking you for your lovely sister, too."
LE MONDE OÙ L'ON S'ENNUIE
"I see a tent. I wonder what's going on inside? Let's go and see...."
"What's the good of our going in there?"
"What's the good of our stopping out here?"