Part 6 (1/2)
PLAYWRIGHT--”There is a great climax in the last act. Just as two burglars climb in the kitchen window the clock strikes one; then----”
MANAGER CONN--”Be more explicit. Which one did the clock strike?”
”I sent a dollar last week” said the Good thing, ”in answer to that advertis.e.m.e.nt offering a method of saving one-half my gas bills.”
”And you got----”
”A printed slip directing me to paste them in a sc.r.a.p-book.”
”Did any of you ever see an elephant's skin?” inquired a teacher of a cla.s.s of youths.
”I have,” exclaimed one.
”Where?” asked the teacher.
”On the elephant,” replied the boy.
”Curious, isn't it?”
”What?”
”A man's handwriting is never so bad that his name can't be read when signed to a check.”
”That cook would make a good baseball player.”
”Why so?”
”A fly got into the batter when she was serving the griddles, and the way she caught that fly from the batter was a sight to rush an umpire into an early grave.”
When you see a young man cleaning a girl's bicycle, they are engaged; but when you see the operation reversed, they are married.