Strikes me she's gettin' ter be a right likely critter, hey?"

"She's as beautiful as Hebe," agreed John enthusiastically.

"Aw, shucks!" grunted Farmer F. "She's a blame sight purtier 'n he
be. Why, he ain't no beauty. She gits it f'm her mother's folks."




_Frivolity of Outward Show_

Dear old Aunt Jane was making a visit in the early spring at the home
of her newly-married niece, and spring clothes was the all-absorbing
topic of conversation in the family.

"I feel sure this hat's not broad enough in the brim, Aunt Jane,"
said the worldly niece, who wanted to appear just as bewitching to
her young husband as she did in her going-away costume.

"What does it matter, child! Look at me!" replied Aunt Jane, in a
comforting tone. "I put on anything! Don't I look all right?"



_Just as Well_

A Scotsman went to a dentist with a toothache. The dentist told him
he would only get relief by having it out.