Malady to Suit the Place

“So that is why you are in the dumps, my dear; you want to go to Wiesbaden, and are ordered to Ems. Don’t be offended, but if ever I pay a yearly salary to my family physician, and should want to go to a certain watering place, I would see that he found the proper malady for it.”

He Knew

Father:—“Karl, the stork brought you a little brother last night.”

Karl:—“I know it.”

Father:—“How’s that?”

Karl:—“I heard you say to the stork as he flew away, ‘Won’t you take an umbrella; it is raining very hard.’”

A Protection

Lady:—“Were you not afraid to travel with your wife through the Abruzzen?”