Saturday, June 22, 2013

1900 NEWSPAPER HUMOR



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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