*

SURE SIGNS

"Afraid you're going to have insomnia? What are the symptoms?"

"Twins."

* * *

SUCH A WASTE

_Mrs. Bizzy:_ "I am so sorry to hear that your wife has been throwing
the crockery at you again, Casey. Where did she hit you?"

_Casey:_ "Faith, Ma'am! That's what Oi do be afther complainin' av.
'Twas a whole set av dishes broke to pieces an' she niver hit me wanst."

* * *

TOO ONE-SIDED

"What is the use of quarreling, my dear girl? Let us forgive and
forget."

"That is just the trouble. I am always forgiving, and you are always
forgetting."

* * *

DISCRETION

_Miss Bizzy:_ "I am glad to hear that you are married, O'Brien, and hope
that you and Bridget don't have many differences of opinion."

_O'Brien:_ "Faith, ma'am, we have a good many, but Oi don't let her know
about them."

* * *

BETTER UNSAID

_Cholly Lyttlebrayne:_ "Yes, the doctors saved my life, but it cost me
over a thousand dollars."

_Miss Thotless:_ "Oh! Mr. Lyttlebrayne, what extravagance!"

* * *

LETTING HIM KNOW

_Flora:_ "I'm writing to tell Jack that I didn't mean what I said in my
last letter."

_Dora:_ "What did you say in your last letter?"

_Flora:_ "That I didn't mean what I said in the one before."

* * *

WHY, INDEED

_The Husband:_ "Why is it that women always say, 'I'll be ready in two
seconds'?"

_The Wife:_ "Humph! and why is it that men always say, 'Oh! _I'm_ ready
_now_'?"

* * *

_Madge:_ "Have you given Jack your final answer yet?"

_Mabel:_ "Not yet--but I have given him my final 'No.'"

* * *

ONLY THEIR WAY

_First Lady_ (_effusively_): "I am _more_ than _charmed_ to see you, my
_dear_ Mrs.--er--um--."

_Second Lady_ (_more effusively_): "How _lovely_ of you! So am I
_delighted_. I _do_ hope we'll meet again _very_, VERY soon, my
_dearest_ Mrs.--um--er--."

* * *

INADVERTENT

_Prospective Bride:_ "I am glad I decided to be married in a traveling
dress--a wedding dress costs such a lot."

_Dressmaker:_ "Yes, miss, and the next time you wanted to wear it, it
would be out of fashion."