The following items are from Coronet, October, 1955

GRIN AND SHARE IT

A Kansas grandmother was persuaded to come to town and attend a vaudeville show which headlined a magician, the first one she'd ever seen. During his act the magician covered a newspaper with a heavy flannel cloth and read the print through it. Then he covered the paper with a blanket and again read it accurately. At this granny rose hastily, whispering: "I'm goin' home. This is no place for a lady in a thin calico dress." --Milton Weiss

A young couple decided to make a small garden in back of their house. After breakfast the following Saturday morning, the husband was sitting on the porch when his wife came around with a shovel saying, "Here, you know what to do with this."
Later she went out to see how he was getting along with the garden and found the shovel stuck in the ground and this note attached to the handle: "Found some worms, gone fishing." --H. Claff

Jan Kiepura, the Polish tenor, was disturbed by a feeling that the personal popularity enjoyed by such singers as Crosby and Pinza somehow had escaped him. He asked a public relations man for an explanation.
"Well, frankly, it's your ego," said the public relations man. "You have a reputation for being vain and immodest and conceited."
Kiepura elevated his eyebrows, placed his hands on his chest and exclaimed: "Who, me?--The Great Kiepura!" --Leonard Lyons

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WHY EDITORS LEAVE TOWN

Soap ad seen in a New York paper: It makes a bath that refreshes, relaxes and stimulates. You step out of your tub ready to meet all comers.