Life — December 26, 1889 — page 49: what you’re looking at

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Ice, ing by ber ber re tes, the cial ong ber 1 of Tip- [on- by ring ries am, tain ing Vonage THE THING FORGOTTEN. Waiter (hinting for tip): AM, EXCUSE ME, SIR, BUT MAVEN'T YOU FORGOTTEN SOMETHING ? Customer: Ea? ON, YES, THANKS! I CAME NEAR FORGETTING TO COMPLAIN TO THE PROPRIETOR ABOUT THE INATTENTION OF THE WAITERS IN THIS ESTAB- Liste: Tramp: Please, sir, I wish to raise twenty cents. If 1 get five cents apiece from four men that will make up the sum, Willyou kindly start the subscription with a nickel ? Citizex: No, bat I'll tell you what I'll do: Til give you one cent, and you get the same sum from nineteen other men and your object will be achieved,—Soston Courter. UscLe Groror: So you went to the theatre this afternoon and saw the grand spectacular drama ? How did you like it? SMALL NEPHEW (who spent the summer at a fashionable seaside resort): Oh, it was awful nice! Right in the middle of it a whole lot of stylish young ladies came out and danced in bathing dresses, —New York Weekly, A PIANIST recently spent the evening at the house of a lady, The company was agreeable and he staid somewhat late. As he rose to take his departure the lady said: “Pray don't go yet, Mr. Jones; I want you to play something for me.” ‘Oh, you must excuse me to-night; it is very late, and I should disturb the neighbors.” ** Never mind the neighbors,” answered the young lady quickly; * they poi- soned our dog yesterday."”—Mus- cal Courter, BARKEEPER: I notice you have always five pennies for your glass of beer in the morning. Torer: Y . I'm a married man. Well? L have five children. Yes. Each one hasa little bank. Further explanation is unneces- sary.—Boston Courter, Tue orthography of ourgreat- grandmothers was uncertain. ‘The old Duchess of Gordon used to say to her cronies: “You know, my dear, when I don't know’ how to spell a word, 1 always draw a line under it, and if it is spelled wrong it passes for a very good joke, and if it is spelled right it doesn't matter.— Argonaut. E. P. DUTTON & CO., INVITE ATTENTION TO THEIR LARGE STOCK OF BOOKS AND STATIONERY AT RETAIL. Our store, 50 feet wide and extending through from Twenty-third to Twenty-fourth Street, is one of the largest and most beautifully appointed in the country, and is most completely and thoroughly stocked with everything appertaining to Books and Stationery. “A great many wise people are already purchas- ing articles for Christmas Gifts. We have All the.New Books of the Day. Standard Books in Fine Bindings, many of them de- signed and bound especially for our retail department. 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Correspondence invited, . 100 The Poet's Greeting Series. 4 vol pages, color, monotint, and type, each, Be. ts A'Curse, Evexcresn, Tue Port's Greetixc. A String or Peancs, = Tragedian: | AM TO BE LED TO EXECUTION, YOU SAY, AND NOT ALLOWED TO SAY ONE WORD AT THE INJUSTICE OF THE ACT, AND you, YOU, WHO HAVE PARTAKEN OF MY BOUNTY ON FORMER STATE OCCASIONS, PROVE RECREANT NOW, AND CARRY A MEAR-R-T AS FALSE AS HELL ITSELF. Supe (his first appearance): VER A LIAR IF VER SAY SOL YER TOLD ME TO DO THIS ¥ NLY TWENTY MINUTES AGO! “Hans, you got punished to-day; what for?” “« Because, papa, Edward Lang had been fighting.” “And with whom had Edward been fighting ? “With me, papa."—Fliegende Blatter, FEXDERSON : I'm awfully puzzled about what Miss Dazzle said to me last evening. I asked her if 1 might accompany her to the ball, and she said ; ** You know I have the reputation of having no nonsense about me. Well, I intend to remain true to my reputa- tion." And while I was trying to think what she meant, she went off without remembering to answer my question, LITTLE MAIDS. A portfolio of seven colored designs or studies of various nationalities, The printing is exquisite, and must be seen to be appreciated. The portfolio (an imitation of polished wood, and tied with heavy ribbon) is itself also a work of art. Portfolio 12 x 143 inches, in box, $5.00. “ Nothing in the way of a holiday publication for or per- taining to children has ever to our knowledge been produced in this country quite equal in artistic quality and absolute charm to Mrs, F. Brundage’s exquisite portfolio of seven colored plates called * Little Maids.’ . It is safe to say that to every one who is fond of children—and who is not ? —this portfolio will be an object of outright covetousness. To see it is to fall in love with it, and it is one of those rare productions of the sort of which one could not possibly tire." 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