Then I heard her observe with a gesture elate:
“I am now riding daily to pull down my weight—
I am losing flesh daily by riding, and that
Is the reason I’ve stopped taking Smith’s anti-fat!”
—Puck.
MISS GUSHINGTON (enjoying a sleigh ride): I think you have a lovely horse, Mr. De Lyle. About what does such a fine horse cost?
MR. DE LYLE: Two dollars an hou—oh—er—yes, that horse is worth about eight hundred dollars, Miss Gushington.—Epoch.
SMITH: What paper are you working on now?
JONES: Ain’t working on any paper. The season is over with me.
“How’s that?”