It is one of the most discouraging experiences I have ever had, not forgetting the time when I winked at the Queen Mother in London once.

In Milwaukee last month a man died laughing over one of his own jokes. That's what makes it so tough for us outsiders. We have to fight home competition.

An ardent supporter of the hometown team should go to a game prepared to take offense, no matter what happens.

In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children.

Sunday morning may be cheery enough, with its extra cup of coffee and litter of Sunday newspapers, but there is always hanging over it the ominous threat of 3 P.M., when the sun gets around to the back windows and life stops dead in its tracks.

Charlemagne either died or was born or did something with the Holy Roman Empire in 800.

The knocking out of a pipe can be made almost as important as the smoking of it, especially if there are nervous people in the room. A good, smart knock of a pipe against a tin wastebasket and you will have a neurasthenic out of his chair and into the window sash in no time.