"If you had no hair on your head, and no teeth in your mouth, and your legs were so weak you couldn't stand up, I reckon you would feel like crying, too."
TO HELP HER ON
The following story is told of President Roosevelt: Once he had to recite an old poem beginning:
"At midnight in his guarded tent,
The Turk lay dreaming of the hour
When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent,
Should tremble at his power."
He got only as far as "When Greece, her knee," when he stopped. Twice he repeated "Greece, her knee" and then he broke down.
The old professor beamed on him over his glasses and remarked "Greece her knee once more, Theodore. Perhaps she'll go then."
COMPARATIVE VALUES
Two elderly men recently met for the first time in many years, and a part of their conversation was overheard, as follows:
"And how many children have you, John?"
"Eight, five boys and three girls. How many have you?"