SCOTTISH GENTLEMAN—"Richt, laddie; but if I do, mind ye, I'll no pay for the bed."
SETTLEMENT WORKER (visiting tenements)—"And your father is working now and getting two pounds a week? That's splendid! And how much does he put away every Saturday night, my dear?"
LITTLE GIRL—"Never less than three quarts, ma'am!"
HE—"I am a poor man, you know."
SHE—"When we are married I can learn to cook, dear."
HE—"Hadn't you better practise while your father is supplying the raw materials?"
See also Economy; Scotch, The.