Did you hear about Miss Jones
"Did you hear about Miss Jones?"
"No. What's up?"
"Why, she eloped with one of the boarders in the hotel."
"Oh, that was only a roomer!"
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Dear said the physician's wife when can you let me have ten
dollars
"Dear," said the physician's wife, "when can you let me have ten dollars?" "Well," replied the medical man. "I hope to cash a draft shortly." "Cash a draft? What draft?" "The one I saw old Jenkins sitting in this morning." ... Dearest she murmured I'm so afraid you'll change
"Dearest," she murmured, "I'm so afraid you'll change." "Darling," he answered, "you'll never find any change about me." ... Dearest whispered Cordelia after she had captured the coveted solitaire I have a confession to make
"Dearest," whispered Cordelia, after she had captured the coveted solitaire, "I have a confession to make. I am a cooking school graduate." Clarence shuddered. "Oh, well," he rejoined, after the manner of one resigned to his fate, "we can bo... DICK--Do you think you'll have much trouble in popping the question
DICK--"Do you think you'll have much trouble in popping the question?" TOM--"No, I think I'll have more trouble in questioning the pop." ... Did any of you ever see an elephant's skin
"Did any of you ever see an elephant's skin?" inquired a teacher of a class of youths. "I have," exclaimed one. "Where?" asked the teacher. "On the elephant," replied the boy. ... Did the fisherman have frog's legs Bridget
"Did the fisherman have frog's legs, Bridget?" "Sure I couldn't see, mum; he had his pants on." ... Did the minister say anything comforting
"Did the minister say anything comforting?" asked the neighbor of the widow recently bereaved. "Indeed, he didn't," was the quick reply. "He said my husband was better off." ... Did you ever catch your husband flirting
"Did you ever catch your husband flirting?" "Yes; that's the very way I did catch him." ... Did you ever consider the case of the boy who stood on the burning deck
"Did you ever consider the case of the boy who stood on the burning deck?" "Not particularly. Why?" "Well, the game was poker and the hand had been dealt from the burning deck was a corker; so, as he didn't want to lose any chances, he--but ... Did you ever hear about the two holes in our back-yard
"Did you ever hear about the two holes in our back-yard?" "Well! Well!" ... Did you go into any of the New York restaurants
"Did you go into any of the New York restaurants?" "No. I got into what I thought was one and I heard a feller call for Saratoga chips and I knew 'twas a gamblin'-den and got out quick." ... Did you have any trouble with black ants in Ireland Bridget
"Did you have any trouble with black ants in Ireland, Bridget?" "No, ma'am, but I had some trouble onc't with a white uncle." ... Did you hear about Miss Jones
"Did you hear about Miss Jones?" "No. What's up?" "Why, she eloped with one of the boarders in the hotel." "Oh, that was only a roomer!" ... Did you hear the story about the peacock
"Did you hear the story about the peacock?" "No." "It's a beautiful tale." ... Did you know that Xanthippe wife of one of the greatest of ancient philosophers was a great scold
"Did you know that Xanthippe, wife of one of the greatest of ancient philosophers, was a great scold?" "Certainly; but just think what a great tease her husband was." "A great tease?" "Yes; Socrates." ... Did you shoot anything Henrick
"Did you shoot anything, Henrick?" "Yes, a duck." "What! a wild one?" "No, but the farmer was wild." ... Did your sweetheart receive you warmly last night
"Did your sweetheart receive you warmly last night?" asked one Pittsburg young man of another. "No, but her father did." "How was that?" "He fired me." ... DINER--Hello
DINER--"Hello! waiter, where is that ox-tail soup?" WAITER--"Coming, sir--half a minute." DINER--"Confound you! How slow you are." WAITER--"Fault of the soup, sir. Ox-tail is always behind." ... Do I bore you
"Do I bore you?" asked the mosquito, politely, as he sunk a half-inch shaft into the man's leg. "Not at all," replied the man, squashing him with a book. "How do I strike you?" ... Do you believe in luck
"Do you believe in luck?" "Sometimes. See that fat woman with the red hat over there?" "Yes." "Twenty years ago she refused to marry me." ... Do you believe in transmigration of souls
"Do you believe in transmigration of souls?" "Well," answered the man who never admits that he doesn't know everything, "I wouldn't recommend it as a regular practice." ... Do you go to church to hear the sermon or the music Maude
"Do you go to church to hear the sermon or the music, Maude?" "I go for the hims," said Maud. ... Do you know George Papa thinks you are a literary man
"Do you know, George, Papa thinks you are a literary man." "Where did he get that idea?" "I don't know, but he said you looked just like a bookmaker." ... Do you know the nature of an oath ma'am
"Do you know the nature of an oath, ma'am?" inquired the judge. "Well, I reckon I orter," was the reply. "My husband drives a canal boat." ...