MRS. X.—"Bothered with time-wasting callers, are you? Why don't you try my plan?"
MRS. Y.—"What is your plan?"
MRS. X.—"Why, when the bell rings, I put on my hat and gloves before I press the button. If it proves to be some one I don't want to see, I simply say 'So sorry, but I'm just going out.'"
MRS. Y.—"But suppose it's some one you want to see?"
MRS. X.—"Oh, then I say, 'So fortunate, I've just come in.'"
WIFE—"But, my dear, you've forgotten again that today is my birthday."
HUSBAND—"Er—listen, love. I know I forgot it, but there isn't a thing about you to remind me that you are a day older than you were a year ago."
Little Charlotte accompanied her mother to the home of an acquaintance, where a dinner-dance was being given. When the dessert-course was reached the little girl was brought down and given a place next to her mother at the table.