IMITATION
Not long ago a company was rehearsing for an open-air performance of As You Like It near Boston. The garden wherein they were to play was overlooked by a rising brick edifice.
One afternoon, during a pause in the rehearsal, a voice from the building exclaimed with the utmost gravity:
"I prithee, malapert, pass me yon brick."
INFANTS
A wife after the divorce, said to her husband: "I am willing to let you have the baby half the time."
"Good!" said he, rubbing his hands. "Splendid!"
"Yes," she resumed, "you may have him nights."