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THE ATLANTIAN
April, 1915
“When
All the Bills Are Paid-
'/then we’ll start a savings account”; that is the
promise that many a young couple make them
selves. But the bills are never “all cleaned up,”
because before one batch is paid, the next one
arrives.
The only way to do is to start your savings ac
count anyway and put something into it every
: week, rain or shine. In time, interest on your
savihgs, ^nd from investments springing from them,
■ wifi-so'fad toyOur incortie that your monthly bills
Ij ■ with lose much of their terror.
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its
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Answered.
“Dad, what do they call a man who
eats only vegetables?”
“A vegetarian, son.”
“And one who eats people?”
“A humanitarian. Now run along
and play.”—Philadelphia Public Led
ger.
it ed
The
yoxHreen arrest-
tha judge,
lots of times,” remarked the
ii fender. I used to
tetter circumstances, and ran
motoi car.”—Airs. L. P. L.
Good Credit.
“s§A.t a very fashionable and equally
'•SEpensi^a tailor shop about town a
certain middle-aged, out-of-town cus
tomer discovered that he lacked suffi
cient change to pay for his humble
purchase—a pair of gray gloves.
“May I charge them?” he asked.
“,I find I haven’t my checkbook with
“What was the name?” demanded
the rather displeased tailor in per
emptory manner.
He was told the name and address.
“Oh, that’s all right, sir,” exclaim
ed the tail or, now beaming with ex
aggerated affability. “Your son trades
lire.”—Yale Record.
. _ Precaution.
HvWhyjdo these pipers keep walking
ifj£ and flown while they are playing”
“Because it makes them harder to
hit.”-—Yale Record.
\ Settling the Matter.
; The two British sailors had secured
tickets Ao.the.dog show .and wexe gass
ing upon* a Skye terrier which had
so much hair that it looked more like
a woolen rug than a dog.
“W’ich end is 'is ’ead, Bill?” ask
ed one.
“Blowed if I know," was, the reply
“But ’ere, I’ll stick a pin in ’im and
you look w’ich end barks."—Ladies’
Home Journal.
Needn’t Stand for That.
Billy, while being reprimanded by
his teacher for some misdemeanor, sat
down, leaving her standing.
She reminded him that no gentle
man should seat himself while the
lady with whom be was conversing
remains standing.
“But this is a lecture,” replied Bil
ly, “and I am the audience.”—Cleve
land Leader.
From Experience.
Wife: “Good-bye, dearie; I’ll write
you before the end of the week."
Husband: “Good gracious, Alice,
you must make that cheek last longer
than that.”—S. C. Clarke, Rhode Is
land.
Her Ruling Passion.
“She intended to refuse him, but
she is such a lover of bargains that
she could not.”
“How was that?”
“He looked so cheap when she turn
ed him down that she snapped him
up.”—Houston Post.
Not Very Busy.
“Recorder of Deeds,” read the sign
over the door of a handsome building
on one of the more prominent of the
golden streets.
A new arrival within the pearly
gates entered.
“The recording of deeds interests
me,” he announced. “1 used to be a
lawyer in the other world. But why is
it that all the clerks are working ex
cept you?" he inquired of the only
idle member of the force.
“I record the good deeds,” explain
ed that member courteously.”—Pitts
burgh Post.
Willing to Make Up Shortage.
A school boy was given a sum to
do. When it was done he took it to
the teacher, who looked at it and said:
“This answer is wrong by two cents.
Go back to your seat and do it cor
rectly.”
“If you please, ma’am,” said the
youngster, fishing in his pocket, “I’d
rather pay the difference.”—Fay
Adams Davis, Pennsylvanian.
’ M. C. STRI(
Senior Warden Capital
No. 642.
The Difference.
“In many ways,” observed Mi-. City-
flat, who was visiting a friend in the
country, “I find that a horse is much
like a man.”
“Wall, I dunno,” answered Farmer
Squash, as he applied a match to his
corncob pipe. “I have found theni
quite different in some respects. For
instance, a horse is worth m^re after
he’s broke.” .
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