“Well—a beautiful bouquet of lilacs on the table.”
“No, sir! My wife, in a new lilac dress!”
His Mistake
Herr Schanz, of Berlin, came to W. on a pleasure trip. He stopped at the hotel “Krone,” and was given a room on the third floor.
That night he started for home feeling a little muddled. He lost his way, and strayed into the hotel “Kronprince” on the same street, which was only two stories high. When he reached the second floor and saw the roof above him, he shook his heavy head incredulously, and shouted down the stairs, “Say, porter, what kind of a monkey-shine is this? What’s become of that third story?”
Popularity—A Fable
“You need not be so proud of your flowers,” said the thorns to the rose-bush. “It is to us you owe the greater part of your popularity!”
Asked Too Much
“What! your parents wish to force you to marry that old banker!”