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  2. Something Laughable.

    "Did that palmist tell you the truth about yourself?" "Yes, but my wife has been doing that for years." ...

    Article : 27 words
  3. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 204 words
  4. BRAINS ENOUGH FOR TWO.

    "Your wife seems a very intelligent woman." "Yes, she has brains enough for two." ...

    Article : 37 words
  5. A NASTY ONE.

    Josephine (reading aloud conclusion of long letter): "Then I will come home and marry the sweetest little girl on earth.'" ...

    Article : 37 words
  6. WANTED DAMAGES

    "I want damages," shouted the bruised and battered man who had been thrashed by his rival "I think," replied his friend, after ...

    Article : 43 words
  7. SPOKE WELL OF THE ABSENT.

    There was an unmistakable sneer on the face of the new boarder as he sniffed at the contents of his coffee Cup and set it down. ...

    Article : 71 words
  8. NO SPEED IN IT.

    "I can't get any speed out of the motor-car you sold me. You told me you had benn summoned six times while driving it." ...

    Article : 38 words
  9. THE FALL OF BABYLON.

    "What happened to Babylon?" asked the Sunday school teacher of the smart boy. "It fell," be replied. ...

    Article : 52 words
  10. RETORT COURTEOUS.

    "Will you let me kiss you if I give you a penny?" asked the little boy's aunt. A penny." he exclaimed. "Why, I ...

    Article : 44 words
  11. I DIDN'T MATTER.

    "Now, dear," [?] Mrs. Subbub, to her husband, as he was getting ready to go to the city. "I want you to do a little job for me whil you are ...

    Article : 164 words
  12. THE BASHFUL LOVER.

    "You eat very little, Mr. Smith," said the maiden to the bashful lover who had been invited to dinner. "Yes," he replied. Then he saw a ...

    Article : 52 words
  13. DOUBLE IDENTITY.

    A clergyman, who advertised for an organist received this reply:- "Dear Sir,—I notice you have a vacancy for an organist and music ...

    Article : 45 words
  14. DIDN'T COME TO FALL IN.

    A dear old gentleman found a boy struggling in the river, and pulling him out, asked:—"How did you come to fall in my ...

    Article : 47 words
  15. DUTY FIRST.

    "One of the old stock," was the host's description of James, the old and trusted head butler. That immaculate servant knew to ...

    Article : 156 words
  16. HAD A MOUTH

    Mrs. Startuppe: "Ali, professor, and how is my daughter getting on with her music? Do you. think she will ever become a great, singer?" ...

    Article : 61 words
  17. Romance of a Flute

    When Melba comes, the man who will be the pivot of the concert season is her old friend, John Lemmone. He is organism going thither, and coming hither, ...

    Article : 565 words
  18. BORN IN IT.

    A woman accosted a little girl entering one of a number of fashionable flats where she knew tho rules were very strict. ...

    Article : 62 words
  19. THE NOTE ISSUE

    In accordance with a decision of the Notes Issue Board, an issue of new Commonwealth notes of uniform size, irrespective of denomination, is to be ...

    Article : 106 words
  20. NEW SCHOOL

    Weller's Hill, a district between the Greenslopes and Ipswich road tram termini, wants a school, and the Minister for Education (Hon. J. Huxham) has ...

    Article : 144 words
  21. MOLLY'S LETTER.

    Molly sat down tr write a letter to her father who had been absent three months. This is what she finally sent:— ...

    Article : 74 words
  22. CHIPS AND CHAFF

    Teacher: "Now remember, Nellie, that anything you can see through, is transparent. Can you name something that is transparent?" Nellie: ...

    Article : 97 words
  23. SCOTCH ABSTINENCE.

    A Scotsman very much addicted to smoking was persuaded by the minister of the kirk to give it up. The minister was surprised when he ...

    Article : 72 words
  24. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 415 words
  25. HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME

    At a meeting of the Cairns HydroElectric Investigation Board, Mr. Corin. who is conpleting investigations at the Barren Folls, stated that for less than ...

    Article : 270 words
  26. RAILWAY STUDENTS

    Mr. Clapp (Chief Commissioner of the Victorian Railways) is in accord with the late Lord Northcliffe in the belief that travel and study abroad ...

    Article : 331 words
  27. A GREAT GUN

    A guide, showing some tourists over the Oxford colleges, had his attention called to a picture of one of the celebrities of the place. ...

    Article : 80 words
  28. TWO WAYS TO IT.

    Two Scotsmen sat by the roadside, talking and pulling away at their pipes. "There's no muckle pleasure in ...

    Article : 253 words
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