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  2. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 349 words
  3. Something Laughable. "NO CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT."

    "Look here!" exclaimed Ike stronger, as ho tumbled into his twentieth puddie. "I thought you said you know where all the bad places were on this road?" ...

    Article : 50 words
  4. PRIVILEGED.

    "To-morrow," said the solicitor. "I am being presented with the freedom of the City of London." "Con-gratulations, old man!" said ...

    Article : 46 words
  5. TIME FOR CHANGE.

    Papa: "Are you writing to that sweetheart of your, again, Edith? why; you seem to have been doing so for years! Hoy do you sign your letters?" ...

    Article : 67 words
  6. LETTING IT RIDE.

    Irish porter (who had been shifted from Killaloo to Ballyhooly): "Killaloo! Killaloo! Killaloo.!" Stationmaster: "This isn't Killaloo— ...

    Article : 32 words
  7. CHIPS AND CHAFF.

    Mary: I suppose your father will be all unstrung when ho hears about your exams? Jack: No, I wired him last night. Waiter (observing customer's dissatisfaction): ...

    Article : 528 words
  8. UNCLE AND AUNTIE.

    "I say, auntie, uncle said this morning that there wasn't another woman like you in the world." "Ah. the dear fellow! Did he really, ...

    Article : 43 words
  9. SOMETHING WRONG.

    A stout and elderly man stood upon a defective weighing machine. When he placed the penny in the slot the indicator registered 5 st. 3 lbs. ...

    Article : 50 words
  10. A NOVELTY.

    This is a true story. The chief guest at the Christmas party was a peer. and it was. something new to the daughter of the house, aged five, to hear ...

    Article : 69 words
  11. THE FLY NOTE.

    They were rehearsing for the opera, when the conductor was nearly frightened out of his boots by a terrific blast from the trombone player in the corner, ...

    Article : 64 words
  12. TOO GREAT A RISK.

    Little Willie stood peering down at his new baby sister, whom the nurse was singing to sleep. "Nurse," he whispered finally, "she ...

    Article : 50 words
  13. THE PEACEMAKER.

    Parent: "And so you made Jimmie and Willie stop lighting, did yon? I'm glad to sec that my boy is a peacemaker. What did you do to separate ...

    Article : 70 words
  14. NO VULGARITY, PLEASE.

    At an engineering school a student commenced to whistle at his work so shrilly as to rise above the turmoil of the lathes and mills. ...

    Article : 60 words
  15. THE FIGHTING CHANCE.

    The prison visitor was going her rounds. "Have you ever struggled against the consequences of temptation?" she ...

    Article : 68 words
  16. CONSIDERATE.

    A doctor in Ireland was disturbed one night by a continued rapping at the street door, and presently opening it found a labouring man who had ...

    Article : 75 words
  17. TOTAL IMMERSION.

    O'Halloran rushed up to a cabin in Connemara shouting. "Lend me a spade! Lend me a spade'" "What for?" asked the owner of the ...

    Article : 99 words
  18. FORCED ECONOMY.

    In a local school the penny savings bank had been introduced, to encourage thrift among the children. Mrs. Brown had given Tommy ...

    Article : 82 words
  19. TRADE WITH THE EAST.

    Speaking at an assembly of federal members at Parliament House on the question of the expansion of Australian trade abroad, the Prime Minister (Mr. ...

    Article : 238 words
  20. COME TO THE POINT.

    "I sec," he said, "that coal has gone up again." "Has it?" she replied, casually., "And they're raising, house-rents," ...

    Article : 56 words
  21. CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT.

    For three weeks he had borne all the. horrors of the annual cleaning without a murmur. Then his patience gave way. ...

    Article : 88 words
  22. NO NEED TO WORRY.

    "Are you the plumber?" asked Mrs. Cooke. "Yes ma'am, I'm the plumber, all right." ...

    Article : 59 words
  23. POOR OADDA!

    Kathleen is a very little child. Her father came home one afternoon after working three days and three nights at high pressure with almost no sleep. He ...

    Article : 110 words
  24. LIKE A BIRD.

    The master seems very cheerful this morning," said Mrs. Newly-wed to her little maid, as Mr. Newly-wed was heard gaily whistling on his way to ...

    Article : 55 words
  25. EVEN THEY VARY.

    "Is this the hosiery department, Said the voice over the phone. "Yes," replied the weary saleswoman. ...

    Article : 43 words
  26. HER SUN SPOTS.

    A young woman, on being introduced to Sir Robert Ball, expressed her regret that she had missed his lecture the evening before. ...

    Article : 72 words
  27. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 263 words
  28. AN OLD, OLD STORY.

    With his face hearing an expression of resigned sorrow, the clerk faced his employer. "May I have a half-day off ...

    Article : 107 words
  29. A SCARCITY.

    A mother had been tolling her hoy about George Washington. When she had finished ho inquired: "Mamma, did you ever tell a lie?" ...

    Article : 117 words
  30. FEW BIRTHDAYS.

    A well known judge, while counsel in a case, was the victim of an amusing piece of repartee on the part of a witness. ...

    Article : 117 words
  31. THE SAME THING.

    Fraddie came in from school one afternoon wheeling his bicycle. Mother was busy getting the tea, but paused for a moment. ...

    Article : 62 words
  32. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 45 words
  33. WHO INDEED.

    All through his long illness his better half had been his devoted nurse. Often he had wakened in the silence of the night to find her silting by his bedside ...

    Article : 111 words
  34. FASY TO UNDERSTAND.

    The young man had been urged to buy some expensive Parma violets by a jovial looking flower lady, and be had told her that they were too dear. "Go ...

    Article : 153 words
  35. GREAT CHRISTOPHER!

    As the bus passed the statue of George III. in Pall Mall, the American passenger asked the conductor, "Say, who's that, anyhow?" ...

    Article : 133 words
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