THE ETHICS OF THE RING.

Manager (to applicant for position of traveller). "And what salary would you require?"

Applicant. "£600 a year if I give satisfaction; £400 if I don't."


THE MAGIC NUMBER.

I have a telephone—a simple unpretentious toy, just like the next one. Sometimes I think it must be exceptional, but anon I hear other telephoners talking, and I realise that theirs too have the same repertory of pretty mannerisms.