Who Has Not Wished That His Host

There Is Probably No More Obnoxious Class Of Citizen, Taken End For End, Than The Returning Vacationist.

But Ice-crunching And Loud Gum-chewing, Together With Drumming On Tables, And Whistling The Same Tune 70 Times In Succession, Because They Indicate An Indifference On The Part Of The Perpetrator To The Rest Of The World In General, Are Not Only Registered On The Delicate Surfaces Of The Brain But Eat Little Holes In It Until It Finally Collapses Or Blows Up.

If You Are One Of The Hewers Of Wood And Drawers Of Small Weekly Paychecks, Your Letters Will Have To Contain Some Few Items Of News Or They Will Be Accounted Dry Stuff.... But If You Happen To Be Of A Literary Turn Of Mind, Or Are, In Any Way, Likely To Become Famous, You May Settle Down To An Afternoon Of Letter-writing On Nothing More Sprightly In The Way Of News Than The Shifting Of The Wind From South To South-east.

The Most Common Of All Antagonisms Arises From A Man's Taking A Seat Beside You On The Train, A Seat To Which He Is Completely Entitled.

The Knocking Out Of A Pipe Can Be Made Almost As Important As The Smoking Of It, Especially If There Are Nervous People In The Room. A Good, Smart Knock Of A Pipe Against A Tin Wastebasket And You Will Have A Neurasthenic Out Of His Chair And Into The Window Sash In No Time.