RARE INNOCENCE.

She: “Jimmy, is dere enny rinks open now?”

He: “Naw, dey all closed more ’n a mont’ ago?

She: “So I t’ought. I wondered wo’t mother meant by sayin’ father came home last night wid a skate on.”

THE DAY WE CELEBRATE.

First Boy: “Too much Santa Claus, eh?”

Second Boy: “No, too much Santa Cruz.”

HIS NATURAL BENT.