The editor dipped his pen in the ink. This was the last straw.
"If you've lost three husbands," he wrote, "I should say you are much too careless to be trusted with a fourth."
CATALOGING
One of the best examples of the humors of cataloging comes in Sonnenschein's "Best Books," volume one, page 121, where Prof. Henry Preserved Smith's well-known Old Testament History appears thus:
Smith, Prf. Hy. "Preserved O.T. History."
CAUSE AND EFFECT
It was in one of the social settlements conducted by persons of a philanthropic turn of mind. The young kindergarten teacher, having finished the morning's talk on hygiene and sanitation, wished to make a practical application of the lesson. Turning to one little youngster whose face, hands and whole appearance bespoke the crying need of soap and water, she asked:
"Izzy, when the house gets all mussed up and dirty, what does mother do?"