Agamemnon has lost his new silk umbrella. Yet the case was marked with his name in full, and the street address and the town. Of course he left the case at home, going out in the rain. He might have carried it with the address in his pocket, yet this would not have helped after losing the umbrella. Why not have a pocket for the case in the umbrella?
In shaking the dust from a dress, walk slowly backwards. This prevents the dust from falling directly on the dress again.
On Carving Duck.—It is singular that I can never get so much off the breast as other people do.
Perhaps I have it set on wrong side up.
I wonder why they never have catalogues for libraries arranged from the last letter of the name instead of the first.
There is our Italian teacher whose name ends with a "j," which I should remember much easier than the first letter, being so odd.