PRISONS
BILL—"I see the authorities seriously object to the prisoners forging checks while in Sing Sing."
TILL—"Well, I suppose they think it is particularly bad form for the prisoners to do that sort of thing while enjoying the hospitality of the State."
VISTOR (at the jail)—"Poor man! What are you locked up here for?"
PRISONER (wearily)—"I suppose they think I'd get out if I wasn't."
PROFANITY
When father came home to dinner he observed a vacant chair at the table. "Where's the boy?" he asked, nodding to the chair.
"Harry is up-stairs," came in a tone of painful precision from the mother.