Miss Frances Keller, of the Woman’s Municipal League of New York, illustrated admirably at a recent dinner party a point which she wished to make in reply to a man who had said, “Women are vainer than men.”
“Of course,” Miss Keller answered, “I admit that women are vain and men are not. There are a thousand proofs that this is so. Why, the necktie of the handsomest man in the room is even now up the back of his collar.”
There were six men present and each of them put his hand gently behind his neck.
As father was leaving the house one morning he looked in vain for his umbrella.
“I expect sister’s beau took it last night,” ventured six-year-old Willie.
“Oh, you naughty boy,” said Sister Mabel; “how can you say that?”
“Why, it’s so,” Willie insisted. “When he was saying good night I heard him say, ‘I am going to steal just one!’”