The True Northerner

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A New York Club Woman Proves That She Has Humor by Telling a Joke on Herself.

There is one New York club woman who has a sense of humor. In fact, to be on the safe side, there are several who have a "claim" in that direction, says the Sun. But not all of them are able to sense the joke when it happens to be on them. This woman, however, has this ability and proves it by telling this story about herself:

"At one time," she says, "we had a colored butler who stayed with us for years, and who admired my husband immensely. He thought that Dr. H— was a marvel of manly beauty, as well as the embodiment of all the virtues, domestic, professional and otherwise. Of course, I quite agreed with the butler on this point, but the fact is, I sometimes pined to have him pass his enthusiastic compliments around to the family, and not bestow them all on the doctor. So one morning, when Dr. H had just left the breakfast table, and was even then to be seen, an imposing picture, as he stood on the front steps drawing on his gloves, I remarked to James:

" 'Dr. H— is a handsome man, isn't he?'

" 'Yes, ma'am! 'Deed an' he is, ma'am!' with gratifying enthusiasm.

"Then, hoping to get a rise from James, I added with an absent-minded air as if I scarcely knew what I said but was just uttering my inmost thoughts:

" 'How in the world do you suppose that such a handsome man as Dr. H— ever happened to marry such a homely woman as I am!'

"Well, James just stopped short and rolled his eyes and shook his head as if he gave it up. Then he ejaculated:

" 'Gawd knows, ma'am!'"