Angry wife (time, 2a.m.) —"la tnat you, Charles ?" Jolly husband—"Zash me." Angry wife—" Here have I been standing at the head ef the stairs these two hours. Oh, Charles, bow can you ?'' Jolly husband (bracing up)—"Shtandin' on your head on t'shtaira ? Jenny, I'm shprised! How can I ? By Jove; can't! Two hours, too ? 'Stronary woman!"—"Cincinnati Gazette." This is the touching question addressed to the " Philadelphia Times " by a young contributor :—"Dear Sir, —Is once a week too often to call on a young lady when you are not engaged to her ? " The " Times "is oompolled to oonfeßß it doesn't know. Perhaps if the young man would call oftener it might lead to an engagement, and thus solve the riddle.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2261, 1 July 1881, Page 3
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119Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2261, 1 July 1881, Page 3
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