—The Christian Register.
MOTHER (to inquisitive child)—"Stand aside. Don't you see the gentleman wants to take the lady's picture?"
"Why does he want to?"—Life.
One day, while walking with a friend in San Francisco, a professor and his companion became involved in an argument as to which was the handsomer man of the two. Not being able to arrive at a settlement of the question, they agreed, in a spirit of fun, to leave it to the decision of a Chinaman who was seen approaching them. The matter being laid before him, the Oriental considered long and carefully; then he announced in a tone of finality, "Both are worse."
"What a homely woman!"
"Sir, that is my wife. I'll have you understand it is a woman's privilege to be homely."
"Gee, then she abused the privilege."