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Shortly after the Plyde eolleetion of Xavajo blankets had been in- 

 stalled, two ladies approached an attendant who had recently been em- 

 ployed, and asked where they could find the Hyde Collection. 



The attendant pondered deeply, scratched his head, and asked: 



"Is it the shkins ye mane, ma'am?" 



A man who had just reached his hundredth birthtlay was being inter- 

 viewed by a re])resentative of a local i)apcr. 



"To what do you attribute your long life?'' asked the reporter. 



The old man answered in a quavering voice: "I was born such a 

 long, long time ago." 



Wq see by the papers that greater elasticity is being demanded in the 

 matter of wages. If wages were more elastic, it might be possible to 

 stretch them so as to make ends meet. 



"Casey is me pertickcler frind, Oi'd have ye know. " 

 "G'wan! If he was pertickeler, he wouldn't be yer friend." 



Overheard Before The Skeleton of The Right Whale 

 "Notice the great arch of the skull. My theory is that Jonah sat 

 on the whale's tongue and breathed through his blowhole." 



A certain scientist, it is said, claims to be able to measure emotions. 

 He seems to think they are all a matter of sighs. 



"Begorry, what's that?" asked Pat on seeing his first kangaroo. 



"That's a Kangaroo — a native of Australia." 



"Saints preserve us! And my sister married one of thim!" 



"Do you know what it is to go before an audience?" a.sked a pom- 

 pous actor of his friend. 



"No," replied the truthful friend. "I spoke before an audience once, 

 but most of it went before I did." 



Small daughter: "Mother, was your name 'Pullman' before you 

 were married?" 



Mother: " No, dear. What makes A'ou ask that?'' 



Small daughter: "That name is on so many of our towels." 



