"Pretty? Say! when she gets on a street-car the advertising is a total loss."
"I don't like these photos at all," he said, "I look like an ape."
The photographer favored him with a glance of lofty disdain.
"You should have thought of that before you had them taken," was his reply as he turned back to work.
"We're giving Baxby a farewell dinner and I'm to respond to the toast, 'None but the brave deserves the fair.'"
"Sorry for you, old top. You'll have to prove that Baxby is an utter coward, or that he isn't getting what is his due."
The Chinese are not given to flattery. A gentleman called at a Chinese laundry for his clothes. On receiving the package he noticed some Chinese characters marked upon it. He asked, pointing to the lettering: