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A teacher, with a class of yoiiiis ladies, was explaining the adapta- 

 tions of various animals, and turning to the (5iant Ant Kater, said: 



"This curious animal sweeps up the ants into a pile with its bushy 

 tail, and tlien turns around and devours them." 



She frowned on him and called him Mi'. 



.lust because he Kr. 



And, for spite, 



That very night. 



That naughty Mr. Kr. Sr. 



"My boy graduates from college this year, and I expect to take him 

 into my office." 



"You'll start him at the bottom and let him work up, I suppose." 

 "No, I think I'll start him at the top and let him work down." 



Tramj): "I was at the front, Madam — " 

 Lady: "Another poor war victim! Here's a dollar." 

 Tramp: " I was going to say that I was at the front door an' nobody- 

 answered, so I come round to the back. Thankee, mum." 



Stranger: "Where is your father, sonny?" 



Boy: "Out in the pig pen. You'll know him 'cause he's got on a 

 straw hat." 



Two attendants were cleaning the cases in the Bird Hall. One of 

 them, Charlie Harriman, was on top of one of the cases, dusting. A 

 facetiously inclined visitor, passing, asked the other attendant: 



"\yhat kind of bird is that?" 



"That's a Red-headed Bald American Eagle," was the prompt 

 answer. 



A colored man came running down the lane as if a wild animal were 

 after him. 



" What are you running for, Mose? " called the colonel from the barn. 



" I ain't a-runnin' fo'," shouted Mose, as he flew past. I'se a-runnin' 

 from!" 



