Woman's Wit.

Tuapeka Times, Volume 26, Issue 157, 26 January 1889, Page 5 (Supplement)

Woman's Wit.

As Set Down by the Pen of Paragraphers. Miss Bunker (reading Browning) : •• Isn't Browning delicious, Penelope ? ' Miss Walde : '• Perfectly divine 1" Miss Bunker : " How do you think he ia the more charming, backward or forward?' 1 11 lean not give yon a definite answer tonight, Mr. Papenvate," said the girl, softly ; " you must give me a month to think it over." ••Very well," was the young man's response, " and in the meantime I can think it over myself." "Only think, Agnes," remarked Mrs. Elderly, " it is just thirty years ago lo day since pa and I were married I"' "Yes, and what a pity you married so young 1 Had you waited a few years .1 I should not be. so old as I am, and there might still be a chance for me." Postmaster (v?ho is assisted in his duties by his young bride) " Why, Mary, what are all these postal-cards duing here? They should have gone in the lastmail !" Young Bride (who was a scboal-rnistress); "Oh, I h.ive just put them iisidc until I should have time to correct the spelling !'' " Schiller, before composing, always puts I his feet in cold water." If the book agent who reccnlly sprung Schiller's work on 113 bad put his feet in cold water, and used a little soap the while, shortly before calling, we would have had at least twenty and a third p.r cent.more respect for him. He came into our sanctum accompanied by a careless air that was anything but refreshing.