Life — November 24, 1892 — page 18: what you’re looking at

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“Yes,” said the editor, as he put his gum brush into the ink bottle and tried to paste on a clipping with his pen—* yes, the great fault of newspaper contributors is carelessnes. Indeed,” he continued, as he dropped the copy he had been writing into the waste-paper basket and marked * Editorial,” across the corner of a poem entitled ** An Ode to Death,” “contributors are terribly careless. You would be surprised,” said he, as he clipped ovt'a column of fashion notes and labelled them ** Agriculture,” **to see the slipshod writing that comes into the editorial sanctum, Misspelled, unpunctuated, written on both side the sheet, illegit le, ungrammatical stuff. Contributors are terribly careless. They are— Just then the office boy came in, in that dictatorial and autocratic manner he has, and demanded more copy, and the editor handed him the love letter he had just written to his sweetheart. Exchange, T OVERHEARD this conversation between two well dressed ladies on an elevated train yesterday “Yes, | have been away all Summer, up in the country.” ** Did you close your house 2” “No, | let a young couple in.” * Anybody I know ? “No, they were strangers in the city—young people from Vermont.” ALEXANDER Dumas had in his character much of the natural comicality of the n from which he was in part sprung. His son, Alexandre Dumas /i/s, was not in this quality, and the father was fond of making pleasant ‘little jokes ai Pause. expense, “1 shouldn't think you wouk! like to have anybody in your house during your Once when the father was visiting the son, Alexandre junior invited Alexandre senior absence.” ° into his garden, which is said to have been somewhat larger than a good-sized pocket- “Well, I'lltell you.” She lowered her voice. You see, the house was full of—of— handkerchief. They sat under the one litle tree in this garden and fanned themselves of those dreadful insects—those, you know—and the young woman looked as neat as a “Lam suffocating,” said Alexandre senior. pin.” “What shall I do, pére 2” asked Alexandre junior. Giggles. * Better open your chamber window, and let a little air out into your garden ! “+ Did she get them out 2” Alexandre pre. “ Thaven't seen on since I got back."—New York Herald. Cuartes H. Hoyr, the playwright, when obliged to be away from his wife superin- sup- tending some performance, always sends her a long telegram telling her of his succes or failure. On one occasion when out West everything went wrong and, worse than ail, the play was to empty benches, Before retiring he telegraphed : ‘1 cannot send you from this town a telegram fit for a lady to read."—Exchange, SPAULDING& Co. (amconponatan.) Gold ana Silver Smiths. 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