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he cut out cigarettes. The second week he cut out booze. The third week he cut out dames. And the fourth week he cut out paper dolls.

99. Millie: "I went out last night with a Southerner. He took me to dinner and dancing and was a perfect gentleman. Then he took me home in a cab."

Lillie: "What happened then?" Millie: "He got a bit Northern."

100. A newspaper was running a competition to discover the most high-principled, sober, well-behaved local citizen. Among the entries came one which read:

"I don't smoke, touch intoxicants or gamble. 1 am faithful to my wife and never look at another woman. 1 am nard-working, quiet and obedient. 1 never go to the movies or the theater, and 1 go to bed early every night and rise with the dawn. 1 attend chapel regularly every Sunday without fail.

''I've been like this for the past three years. But just wait until next spring, when they let me out of here"

Bet-Bets-Betting. See also Gambling

101. And then there's the touching story of the young man who said to his girl, "I bet you wouldn't marry me."

The story goes that she not only called his bet but raised him five.

102. The bookie slowly counted out the money into the old lady's wrinkled hands.

"Lady," he said, "I just don't understand. However did you manage to pick the winner?"

The old lady patted her white locks in place. She looked a little bewildered.