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ComplimentsStories Jokes Home"Would you like a lock of my hair?" asked the gallant old bachelor of the spinster who had been a belle a few decades past. "Why don't you offer me the whole wig?" the maiden lady gibed, with a titter. The bachelor retorted with icy disdain: "You are very biting, madam, considering that your teeth are porcelain." * * * The young man, dancing with the girl to whom he had just been introduced, remarked with the best of intentions, but rather unfortunately: "That's the new waltz. My sister was raving about it. I think it's pretty bad. I expect she danced it with somebody rather nice." * * * In former times, when royalties were more important, a lady at a court ball was intensely gratified when a prince selected her as a partner. She was almost overwhelmed with pride when he danced a second measure with her. "Oh," she gushed, as she reposed blissfully in his arms, "your highness does me too great honor." The prince answered coldly: "But no, madam. Merely, my physician has directed me to perspire." Next: Concealment Previous: Compensation
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