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Society is a fraction whose numerator is clothes and whose denominator is cash.

Flats are growing popular in New York. New York "flats" are unpopular the country over.

We fear the Montreal courts will hold that the matter of compulsory vaccination is ultra virus.

It is generally when you are not looking out for a woman that you get on her trail.

The best telephone bell--The hello girl at the other end of the line.

The poetry of motion--A picnic girl with a bug down her back.

In some of our down town restaurants, macadamized pie crust seems to be very popular.

The letter D is truly an old salt--been following the C for years.

"How to get fat"--Go to the butcher shop and purchase it by the pound.

The expense of evening walks is diminished now that ice cream has been called in.

A classical farmer in Burlington Township names all his pigs after the Greek roots.

Approaching a Crisis--Walking toward a restless girl baby.

A Boston girl visiting in Danbury claims to wear limbbings during severe weather.

Blessed is the man who loveth his wife's relations; and not only blessed, but also scarce.

Love laughs at locksmiths, but we defy anybody or anything to laugh at a plumber.

The difference between a woman and an umbrella is, that you can shut up an umbrella.

A cold wave--The preliminary flourish of the handkerchief.

A goose is an inoffensive fowl, and yet everybody gets down on her.

When a man bows assent to what you are saying he stoops to concur.

If you lack pluck, just eat buckwheat cakes. They'll make you come to the scratch.

The church festival season is nearly over, and the solitary oyster will soon be out of his stew.

Talk is cheap, but the love prattle of a pretty girl is dear.

A flirt's heart is like an omnibus--it always has room for one more.

He was "Claude" before he married her, and they say he was more clawed afterward.

He--"The music was so loud that I couldn't hear myself talk." She --"Oh, how nice!"

Slight of Hand--Refusing a marriage proposal.

It takes a Japanese girl thirteen hours to dress for a party.

Sweetening one's coffee is the first stirring event of the day.

A lightning express would be unsafe were it not for the conductor.

Whatever the season, a gymnast wears both spring and fall clothing.

It is beauty's privilege to kill time, and time's privilege to kill beauty.

"I am climbin' the 'ill of experience," as the boy said who was made sick by smoking.

Strange behavior--A vessel "hugging" the coast.

What is the great want of the age?--Want of funds.

When is the water most liable to escape?--When it is only half tide.

The violinist who "carried the house by storm" used a rain bow afterward.

Even a clothes line becomes unsteady when it has too many sheets in the wind.

"Mankind," said the preacher, "includes woman; for man embraces woman."

When is a ship like a dressmaker?--When she's rounding the Cape or tacking about.

"The only way to look at a lady's faults," exclaimed a gallant, "is to shut your eyes."

"Cutter & Fitts" are said to be the names of the fashionable dressmakers in New York.

Handsome is as handsome drives without upsetting the hansom.

Those who toil and spin--The bicycle riders.

Transcriber's Notes:

Punctuation has been made consistent.

Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in the original publication, except that obvious typographical errors have been corrected.

The following changes were made:

p. 8: In question 5, "tons" means "long tons" .

p. 11: The correct answer to question 16 is 167 .

p. 13: Partially illegible word assumed to be "thirteen" .

p. 13: Partially illegible phrase assumed to be "coffee is the first stirring event" .

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