Bacon—It’s hard to hear that girl sing without being moved.
Egbert—Yes; I understand 4 families who have lived next door
to her have been moved after hearing her sing.
(from Yonkers Statesman)
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.
(from 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”
(from the Washington
Star)
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