BIG CHANCES BOTH WAYS
The famous physician and the eminent clergyman were deep in a discussion which threatened to become acrimonious.
"You see," said the minister sarcastically, "you medical men know so much about the uncertainties of this world that I should think you would not want to live."
"Oh, I don't know," responded the physician caustically. "You clergymen tell us so much about the uncertainties of the next world that we don't want to die."
WARNING TO AUTHORS
One of Mr. Kipling's trees was injured by a bus, the driver of which was also landlord of an inn. Kipling wrote this man a letter of complaint, which the recipient sold to one of his guests for ten shillings. Again the angry author wrote, this time a more violent letter, which immediately fetched one pound.
A few days later Kipling called on the landlord and demanded to know why he had received no answer to his letters.
"Why, I was hoping you would send me a fresh one every day," was the cool reply. "They pay a great deal better than bus driving."
CONSIDERING FATHER
Does the American woman always consider her lesser half? The following tale shows that she does, although the lady's husband undoubtedly moved in a lower sphere. She was at that period in her existence where she gave literary afternoons and called her college-graduated daughter to her side and said: