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'"l^astus, however do you numage to aeeomplish so much in such 

 a short time?" 



"Well, suh," exi)lained 'Rastus,' "I jes combines enthoosiasm with 

 energy, an' it produces dat result." 



John Seip tells us that "You may kid gloves, you may string beads, 

 but elevator men never — not even our Henrv." 



" MacDougal's death must be a great blow to you, Sandy. I under- 

 stand he was a dear friend of yours." 



"Aye, that he was. He's cost me three waddin' presents already, 

 and now he'll be costin' a wTeath." 



The Singular Geography of Long Island 

 Problem: — Given a point near center of Long Lsland in sand-hills 

 north of Jamaica; time, near midnight; object, to catch frogs by moon- 

 light; transportation, round-trip ticket ($L08) to Queens. 



Why should one (or tw^o), after pursuing an alleged southwesterly 

 course, arrive toward morning on the shores of Long Lsland Sound? 

 (Answer, in next issue, by Messrs. Noble and Henn). 



"You can purchase an entire outfit here for a mere song," states the 

 advertisement of a well-known clothing establishment." 

 They must be thinking of Caruso. 



And speaking of Caruso, diners in the Mitla on Saturday, March 

 19th, were favored with an impromptu song-recital. The program was 

 enjo^'ed by all, and the soloist was as generous with his encores as our 

 ow^n John McCormack. 



After he had distributed a certain set of invitations addressed to 

 members of the staff, it occurred to Mr. Marthens that w^hile ladies 

 would be welcomed at the lecture for w^hich the invitations were sent, 

 no mention of this had been made on the tickets. He therefore tele- 

 phoned the various departments to say that the invitations were meant 

 to include ladies. In due time he came, on his list, to the Department of 

 Mammals, and proceeding to ring up Mr. Lang's office he delivered him- 

 self as follows : 



