FUN AND FANCY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7434, 21 June 1902, Page 3

FUN AND FANCY.

. » Between two evils some men choose both. ; I "Willie, do you and your brother ever "fight?" "Yes, sir." "Who beats ?" ► "Pa." . ; " You say she is ci business woman. 1 y What business is she interested in?" " Oh, / everybody's." l y "You know, sir, the old saying, 'Good .'wine needs no bush?' " " Yes ; and a good * , looking girl needs no mistletoe." ' Hipps: "I 'do admire a man ,who says '' tbe right thing at the right time." Phipps • "So do I— particularly when I'm thirsty." ) "Daughter, is your husband amiable?'* " Well, ma, he's just exactly like pa ; when he gets his own way about everything he's 1 just lovely." "They say the way to win a man is to talk to him about himself." "No; the way to win him is to let him talk to you about himself." Mamma (at the breakfast table} : You always ought to use your napkin, Georgje." 1 George : "I am usin' it, mamma) I've got the dog tied to the leg of the table witU , it." A little girl's father had a round bald spot. Kissing him at bedtime not long* ago she said: "Stoop down, popsy, dear;' I want to kiss the place where the lining shows." I Mdme Newricb : " I want a first-class passage to New York." Agent: "Yes,, ma'am." Mdme Newricb: "i&nd I insist -upon having a smooth passage, no matter what the cost." s^Stern Father : "What an unearthly how that young fellow' stops till every night, • Doris. What does your mother say about it?" Daughter: "She says men haven't . altered' a bit, pa." '* Mrs Hix: "I don't take any stock in these faith cures brought about by the laying-on of hands." Mrs Dix: "Well,' l do. I cured my little boy of. the cigarette habit in that way." Friend: "Why do you wear those fearfully, old-fashioned collars?" Winkers (» man of affairs): " Because when tbe washerwoman sends tbem to anybody «l«e they send them back." . Mabel > "I suppose you have beard of sister Lou's marriage. She's taken a flat in Kensington." Miss Jellus: "Yes, I heard she had a flat; but I didn't bear where she had taken him." , Quericus: "Who is the happier, a man V who < has £50,000 or . one who has seven daughters?" Rabbilas: ''The latter." Quericus: "Why?" Rabbilas :." The m»n ~ v with £50,000 wants more, the other * doesn't."

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