“_It’s funny how much easier it is to work the ice-cream freezer than it is to churn._” ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE PRESIDENT HAS GIVEN A ＄100 CHECK TO A CHILD THAT WAS NAMED AFTER HIM [Illustration: “_Here is a check for little Theodore._” ] [Illustration: “_You’re wanted below, sir._” “_This is no time to rout a man out. Tell him to wait._” “_It isn’t a ‘him,’ sir; it’s a ‘them.’_” ] [Illustration: “_Good morning, Mr. President._” ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UNCLE ALEXANDER THOUGHT HE HAD AN INVITATION TO THE WHITE HOUSE [Illustration: “_I see by the newspaper that President Roosevelt likes to see large families. Now, I take it, that’s an invitation to visit him, don’t you?_” ] [Illustration: SO UNCLE ALEXANDER AND HIS FAMILY, COUSIN SILAS AND HIS FAMILY AND THE HIRED MAN AND HIS FAMILY WENT DOWN TO THE DEPOT AND GOT ON THE CARS FOR WASHINGTON— ] [Illustration: WHERE THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT HE WAS “DELIGHTED” TO SEE THEM. ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE OSLEROPATHS GEN. KUROKI, AGED OVER 60 DR. OSLER CHLOROFORM BRIGADE [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE DEAR OLD FARM AND THE JOLLY CITY LIFE WHAT THE FARMER SAYS: WHAT THE CITY MAN SAYS: [Illustration: “_Staid in bed till nearly 5 this morning because we don’t have to get up so early in the winter time._” ] [Illustration: “_Great guns! are all the windows open? It’s as cold as Greenland in this flat. The man that called this a steam-heated flat was a poor describer._” ] [Illustration: “_Scraped the frost off the window so’s I could get a squint at the weather. Looked purty winterish._” ] [Illustration: “_Well, I hate to get up, but I suppose I must. Not an ounce of steam in the place. And just listen to the crunch of those wheels out there. I’ll bet it’s a hundred below zero._” ] [Illustration: “_Boots froze stiff. Guess I forgot to grease ’em last night. They slipped on about as easy as a section of stovepipe._” ] [Illustration: “_Cook is sore. Says she isn’t used to living in an ice-house. I never saw such haughtiness._” ] [Illustration: “_Woodpile covered with snow so I had difficulty getting kitchen fire started. Finally got enough hot water to thaw out pump._” ] [Illustration: “_Have a horrible cold. That’s the trouble with these steam-heated flats. About the time you get acclimated the furnace goes on a strike._” ] [Illustration: