Reasons may be found for everything except why does a woman get off a street car backwards.

Race suicide doesn’t appeal to poor people.

Rolling stones gather no moss but look at the excitement they have.

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 R:  The eighteenth letter of the alphabet, used principally to began
    a college yell; thus, Rah!  Rah!  Rah!
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RAG.  A material invented for chewing purposes.

RAKE.  A man-about-town after he gets shop worn.

RARE.  The way you get roast beef when you order it well done.

REFORM.  A bird which is always flying towards us but which never gets here.

RETRIBUTION.  A man who marries for money and finds it is all in
Confederate bills.

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RICHES.  Something which is said to have wings, but I can’t prove it, because they never flew my way.

ROYSTERER.  A man who sowed so much wild oats in his youth that he has to eat cracked oats in his age.

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RACE-SUICIDE.  A disease which was cured by T. Roosevelt, Esquire, when he invented an idea for the purpose of giving nursemaids steady employment.  For instance: 

Rondeau.

  There was a nice old lady and
    She lived within her shoe;
  She had so many children that
    She didn’t know what to do. 
  She wrote the President and said
    “I have twenty kids or more!”
  The President replied to her
    “Encore, old girl, encore!”
  She answered, “I’ve no room at home
    For more, so I am through!”
  And he replied, “Why don’t you go
    And get another shoe?”

—­Sir Walter Scott, page 96.

RIDDLE.  A question-mark gone mad.  A foolish member of the Interrogation family whose most fiendish offspring is “How old is Ann?” Some examples: 

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Ann’s father sends his pitcher to the well; Mary’s father sends his pitcher to the saloon; how much money has Ann’s father saved?

Ann’s mother has just finished reading a very beautiful story.  Mary’s mother sent over and borrowed the book.  How old will Ann’s mother be when the book gets back?

Ann’s little brother is entertaining Ann’s sweetheart in the parlor.  Ann’s little brother has just told Ann’s sweetheart how old Ann is.  How long did Ann’s sweetheart remain after he learned the bitter truth?

Ann has a brother by the name of James.  James wrote two letters, one to his wife and one to his lady typewriter.  Ten minutes after mailing them he discovered that the right letter was in the wrong envelope.  Which train did James take and when does Ann expect him back?

Ann took a dollar bill and went to a department store.  She saved twenty cents for car fare and spent eighty cents for lunch.  What were the clerks swearing at after Ann went out?