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  2. "A SOURCE OF INNOCENT MERRIMENT."

    TREACHER: "Tell me, George, why does the cuckoo lay its eggs in the nests of other birds?" George: "Probably because of the housing ...

    Article : 31 words
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    Husband (angrily): "What! No dinner ready? This is the limit! I'm going to a restaurant." Wife: "Can you wait just [?]ve minutes?" Husband: "Will it be ready them?" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 45 words
  4. SOME DO NOT.

    "WHAT are your views on the subject of women's dress?" "Well, I think a woman ought to wear at least enough clothes to conceal her thoughts." ...

    Article : 30 words
  5. UNACCOMMODATING.

    BENSON: "Why is Hemmingway so unpopular with his neighbours?" Beneley: "He won't furnish gasoline when he leads them his power lawn mower." ...

    Article : 23 words
  6. THOUGHT IT GOOD TO EAT.

    HE had not long been in the Navy, and while abroad he had sent his dear old mother a beautiful, gaily-pl[?]aged parrot. A few months later he was home at the old ...

    Article : 78 words
  7. THEN THE DUST FLEW.

    THE scene was an old country farmyard. and the farmer's wife stood at the door. Down the pretty country lane, a tramp, bedraggled and dirty made his way. ...

    Article : 123 words
  8. HOW NICE!

    HUSBAND: "Hurrah! I've got a week's holiday." Wife: "How nice. Now you can dig the [?]den, clean out the [?]lar, and whitewash the ...

    Article : 29 words
  9. A BRIGHT SUGGESTION.

    THE Lord Chief Justice of England, Sir Alfred Lawrence, is a keen all-round sportsman, his chief sporting pursuits being fishing, golfing, and horse-riding. One of his best stories. ...

    Article : 106 words
  10. A RARE VISITOR.

    SANDY MTAGGART left his native Glasgow and went to work at Buchaven, a small fishing village on the Fife coast. For practically evrry meal Sandy was having fish placed ...

    Article : 72 words
  11. IN OTHER WORDS.

    A VISITOR surprised a professor a: one of our colleges, who was saying to his [?] "Oh-[?] no-ny. [?] massy tick his foot[?] [?] ...

    Article : 68 words
  12. SCOTCH ECONOMY.

    ONE bonnet had served an old Sco[?]ish [?] called Maggie for a dozen years and s[?] ladies, offering to present her with a new one, asked whether she would prefer to have ...

    Article : 62 words
  13. MOVING LETTERS.

    FIRST Pater: "My boy's letters from [?] always send me in the dictionary." Second Pater: "That's nothing! My boy[?] a[?]ways [?]d me to the bank!" ...

    Article : 26 words
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    The Village Lad: "Come on, 'Arry, 'cre's a bloke wiv 'is cuffs on 'is boots!" —"[?] Weekly." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 17 words
  15. LIGHT WORK.

    CHAR[?]TABLE Lady: "What were [?] my poor man, before you came to this [?] ous condition?" Lazy [?] "I'm really a season worker[?] ...

    Article : 32 words
  16. BRIEF, BUT ADEQUATE.

    FRED was being sent to a boarding school. "Now," said his father, "when you write, do not send me pages and pages describing all the pupils, where they come from, and what ...

    Article : 61 words
  17. WHO WAS THE THIEF?

    "WELL my dear," said he as he was dressing. "I guess you were right when you told me last night that there were burglars in the house." ...

    Article : 99 words
  18. SOMETHING NEW.

    THE Actress: "I have driven three men to the dogs, obtained two divorces and won six lawsuits, and my pearl necklace has been stolen twice I don't know what else I can ...

    Article : 52 words
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