Or any other reason why.

--_Dr. Henry Aldrich_.


Maybe one swallow doesn't make a summer, but it would brighten it up
considerably.


_Dangerous Advice_

CURATE--"You should be careful! Don't you know that drink is mankind's
worst enemy?"

JEEMS--"Yes; but don't you teach us to love our enemies?"


"Pussyfoot" Johnson, whose effort to prohibitionize Scotland failed
recently, was discussing his failure with a New York editor.

"Yes, I failed," he ended, "and I'm very sorry. Conditions in Scotland
are very bad."

"Did you ever hear the story of the deacon's daughter? This story
illustrates Scottish conditions very well.

"The wife of a Peebles deacon took a bath one evening, and as it was
rainy, chill November weather, she swallowed a teaspoonful or two of
whisky after her bath to keep herself from catching cold. Then in
her dressing-gown she went to bid her little daughter good night. She