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  ...there any way a man can avoid paying alimony?" asked the Friend who was seeking free advice.
"Sure," replied the Lawyer. "He can stay single or stay married."

ALPHABET
MOTHER (who is teaching her child the alphabet)--"Now, dearie, what comes after 'g'?"
THE CHILD--"Whiz!"--_Judge_.

ALTERNATIVES
_See_ Choices.

AMBITION
Every normal man has two great ambitions. First, to own his home. Second, to own a car to get away from his home.
Ambition makes the same mistake concerning power that avarice makes concerning wealth. She begins by accumulating power as a means to happiness, and she finishes by continuing to accumulate it as an end. --_Colton_.
To wish is of little account; to succeed thou must earnestly desire; and this desire must shorten thy sleep.--_Ovid_.
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.--_Cicero_.
When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.--_Seneca_.

AMERICANS
A French magazine claims to have discovered in a New York paper an advertisement to this effect: "A gentleman who has lost his right leg is desirous of making...   Colton, Charles Caleb

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