"My son," replied the mistress pridefully. "Oh, he has gone back to Yale. He could only get away long enough to stay until New Year"s day, you see. I miss him dreadfully, tho."
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YONKERS
An American took an Englishman to a theater. An actor in the farce, about to die, exclaimed: "Please, dear wife, don"t bury me in Yonkers!"
The Englishman turned to his friend and said: "I say, old chap, what _are_ yonkers?"
"YOU"
Here"s to the world, the merry old world, To its days both bright and blue; Here"s to our future, be it what it may, And here"s to my best--that"s you!
ZONES
TEACHER--"How many zones has the earth?"
PUPIL--"Five."
TEACHER--"Correct. Name them."
PUPIL--"Temperate zone, intemperate, ca.n.a.l, horrid, and o."--_Life_.