The Anecdote Bin

TWO FAITHFUL contributors wind up this installment--and if you think the gags so far have been ancient, read that PHILANTHROPIST--OLD TOPER thing again. Anyhow, Ra Y. sends us a Paterson (N.J.) News chuckle to the effect that a grouch is a guy who has sized himself up and is sore about it. And M. U., of Brighton, Colo., maintains that "If you would speak for all to hear, avoid the flowing cup; for after too much bottled cheer, your tang gets tungled up."