--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 8 number: 10 published: 1905-08 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "In Lighter Mood," *Improvement Era* 8, no. 10 (August 1905): 782.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0810unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera0810unse start_page: 782 end_page: 782 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1905-08) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0810unse publication_year: 1905 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1905, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # In Lighter Mood — —— — say that in Mormon's abridgement of the book of Lehi, (which supplied the 116 pages of manuscript lost by Martin Harris) it was plainly stated that Ishmael was of the tribe of Ephraim, Let it also be remembered that in Ezekiel 37:19, it is called the "stick of Joseph, which is in the hands of Ephraim," showing that both Ephraim and Manasseh the sons of Joseph, are included, and that the book was to be in the hands of Ephraim, at its coming forth. It is well known, through patriarchal blessings, that many of the Latter-day Saints, in whose hands is the stick, are of Ephraim. (See also chapter 35, pp. 329-33S; and chapter 39 p. 375, of the Manual for 1905 6). IN LIGHTER MOOD. She; "Be frank with me." He: "I can't. My name is James." Harvard Lampoon. First we had the Strenuous Life, then the Simple Life, now we have the Equitable Life. Life. "Our elevator fell down the other day." "Was anybody hurt?'' 'Not exactly, but four got the dropsy." Yale Record. Customer: "What made the old guy so sore?" Boy: "He's nutty, guess. He wanted two dog biscuits, and I only asked him if he'd take 'em here or have them wrapped up." Cornell Widow. "What are you waiting for?" said the man to a little urchin waiting patiently by the roadside. "For the teams to pass. Mother told me to wait till the teams passed before I crossed the road, but they have not come yet." A Scotch laboring man who had married a rich widow exceptional for her plainness was accosted by his employer. "Well, Thomas," he said, "I hear you are married. What sort of a wife have you got?" "Weel, sir," was the response, "she's the Lord's handiwork, but I canna say she's his masterpiece."