AGE OF YOUTH.

Cromwell Argus, Volume LXI, Issue 3166, 8 June 1931, Page 7

AGE OF YOUTH.

There were three old men on a mountain high, And one of them said: "We must block the way, For I have heard strange footsteps day by day And I know that a younger man draws nigh, And I fear he is coming our power to take. We must drive him back for our comfort's sake." And the second man said. "I have seen his face. His eyes are keen and his arm is strong, He'll be at our door before very long. If he once sets foot on this lofty place It will be the end of our days of power. We must hold him down to the last grim hour." But the third man said: "We are old and grey. We cannot keep pace with the step of youth. We must all give way to the widening truth. Though we once were wise, we have had our day. This youth is coming new goals to make, Let us clear his way for our credit's sake."

TURNING THE TABLES

They were a sly pair, the cashier and the waitress. One day, however, they met their match. A man called for his bill, and upon receiving it added it up and found that he had been charged a shilling too much. "How does this come about?" he asked, looking sharply at the waitress. "Well, you see, sir," she replied, "the cashier bet me half a crown that you wouldn't see it and I bet him you would." With a smile the customer wrote something on the back of the bill, folded it, and said: "Take that to the cashier." She did so, and on opening it the two were startled to read: "I'll bet five pounds I shall not be here when you get back." And he wasnt. i TOO CLEVER. An old lady approached a porter at a busy railway station. "Can you tell me when the next train leaves?" she inquired. "Where do you wish to go?" the porter asked. "That's none of your business," was the old lady's tart reply. "But I can't tell you when the train leaves if I don't know where you are going," the porter explained. "Well," said the old lady, "if you must know, I'm going to Edinburgh." The porter then told her when the train left, and soon after he saw her looking out of the carriage window. "Ha, ha!" she laughed, "I've tricked you this time. I'm not going to Edinburgh. I'm going to Birmingham." A woman entered a well-known grocery store and addresed the manager, saying: "I hear that your firm has a good reputation." "Yes, yes," he interposed. "We have branches everywhere." "Well," she retorted, turning to go, "there are far too many in your jam."