lly good talker,
And he listens equally well!

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AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM.

The reason this chap in the box here
Made his lady friend Mrs. Van Pelf,
He had a whole car-load of diamonds
And he couldn't well wear them himself!

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SO THOUGHTFUL OF FATHER.

Again to the altar went widower Brown,
When his grief he could decently smother,
He explained it to every acquaintance in town;
"My poor children needed a mother."

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OLD MERGER AND MAYME.

Why did they marry--December and June?
Old Merger and Mayme-out-of-School?
Mayme didn't care for those ready made frocks--
December was--just an old fool.

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NOW SHE'S WAY ABOVE PAR.

Billy Margin, a broker, did wed Ysobel,
Her shape counted most in his eyes,
Now her figure's no more, and Billy is sore,
For he finds he had bought for a rise!

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AVERTED DANGER.

The reason Jenks married,
So we are told,
He was 'fraid he'd be lonely
When he got old!

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FATE.

The rector got married to Annabel Gauze,
The rector was gentle and good;
He made up his mind that he'd marry because
She had made up her mind that he should!

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THE SUN DO MOVE.

Petkins wed her Nobby Boy
In the year of our Lord knows when--
He was once the mold of form
And she was stylish then!

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A MATTER OF TASTE.

He married her because she didn't swagger like a man,
Nor did she stand with feet apart, toes in,
She wasn't a "good fellow," thickly coated with a tan--
She was merely lovely, really feminine!

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STRONGER THAN MERE LOVE.

The bond is a strong one that couples this pair,
A case in which Jill found her Jack,
This strong binding tie is the joy they both share,
In ripping their friends up the back!

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IN ROUND FIGURES.

Now here is a couple who seem of one mind,
What on earth made them think they'd agree?
Why, he didn't care for the lean scraggly