JOHNNY—"Impossible!"
"Why?"
"Sound can't cross a vacuum, you know, old fellow."
"Say, dad, what keeps us from falling off the earth when we are upside down?"
"Why, the law of gravity, of course."
"Well, how did folks stay on before the law was passed?"
NEGROES
Miss Annette Benton, on returning from a visit, brought a gift to each of her mother's colored servants. It was the "day out" for Lily, the housemaid, so Annette distributed her gifts, reserving for Lily a scarlet-silk blouse.