[Illustration: RARE INNOCENCE.
She: “Jimmy, is dere enny rinks open now?”
He: “Naw, dey all closed more ’n a mont’ ago.”
She: “So I t’ought. I wondered wo’t mother meant by sayin’ father came
home last night wid a skate on.”]
[Illustration: THE DAY WE CELEBRATE.
First Boy: “Too much Santa Claus, eh?”