WHERE THEY GET IT
George Ade, not long ago, was speaking of the curious ideas some children have of the most ordinary things. Ade then said the story he was about to tell actually occurred in Indiana, his native State. There was a little boy, who, on seeing a pan of warm, freshly-drawn milk, inquired where the cows got their milk.
"Where do you get your tears?" was the reply.
"Gee!" exclaimed the youngster, "do you have to spank the cows?"
NEAR ENOUGH
It was a Maine girl of whom the story is told that she refused to marry a most devoted lover until he had amassed a fortune of ten thousand dollars. After some expostulation he accepted the verdict and went to work. About three months after this bargain had been made the young lady, meeting her lover, said:
"Well, Charley, how are you getting along?"
"Oh, very well indeed," Charley returned cheerfully. "I've eighteen dollars saved."
The young lady blushed and looked down at the toes of her walking boots. "I guess," she said, faintly, "I guess, Charley, that's about near enough."
A CLOSE SHAVE