some 1900 humor

Butterfly—Magnificent, sir! There are scenes in your comedy that Shakespeare himself could not have written.

Dapter---You are too kind, really.

Butterfly--“Not at all, sir. Take for instance, that railroad smash-up in the third act.

Brooklyn Life

“I guess Binx has just had a raise in salary.” Said the confirmed cynic.

“Has anybody told you so?”

“No. But he goes about saying he thinks the world is getting better, and that the danger from trusts is greatly magnified, and that human nature isn’t so bad after all. That’s the way a man nearly always talks just after he has had a raise in salary”

Washington Star

“Why did you take that $20 from the cash drawer?”

“Oh, I just wanted a little cab fare.”

“Great guns! You must be living in California.”

St Louis Republic