EXPERIENCE

     The baby pulled brother's hair until he yelled from the pain of it.  The mother soothed the weeping boy:

     "Of course, she doesn't know how badly it hurts."  Then she left the room.

     She hurried presently on hearing frantic squalling from baby.

     "What in the world is the matter with her?" she questioned anxiously.

     "Nothin' 'tall," brother replied contentedly.  "Only now she knows."

EXPLICITNESS

     On her return home after an absence of a few hours, the mother was displeased to find that little Emma, who was ailing, had not taken her pill at the appointed time, although she ahd been carefully directed to do so.

    "You were very naughty, Emma," the mother chided.  "I told you to be sure and take that pill."

     "But, mamma," the child pleaded in extenuation, "you didn't tell me where to take it to."

EXTRAVAGANCE

     A rich and listless lady patron examined the handbags in a leading jeweler's shop in New York City.  The clerk exhibited one bag five inches square, made of platinum and with one side almost covered with a setting of diamonds.  This was offered at at price of $9,000.

     But the lady surveyed the expensive bauble without enthusiasm.  She turned it from side to side and over and and over, regarding it with a critical eye and frowning disapprovingly.  At last she voiced her comment:

     "Rather pretty, but I don't like this side without diamonds.  Honestly, the thing looks skimpy -- decidedly skimpy!"

     For $7,000 additional, the objectionable skimpiness was corrected.