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  2. A PAGE OF FUN

    My wife and I were enjoying a quiet evening when Johnson called. He has an irritating tenor voice and often brings a couple of songs with him, but ...

    Article : 540 words
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    Short Sishted lady: Look, Bertie, there's Papa with a sea gull on his stomach!" (From "The Humorist.") ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 22 words
  4. Too Bad.

    A certain actor who had played but three weeks out of the last fifty-two saw a prosperous theatrical manager leaving his club in the West-End. ...

    Article : 201 words
  5. Candid.

    A young corporal was drilling some men when one of them stepped out from the ranks and remarked in an angry voice. "You couldn't drill a company of ...

    Article : 105 words
  6. Useful Legs.

    There is a farmer "who was born with one of his logs longer than the other, and he was very touchy concerning his legs. A gentleman who was on a tour stopped ...

    Article : 132 words
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    Daughter: "Dad, I want some money for my trousseau." Father: "But, my dear child, I didn't even known you were engaged." Daughter: "Good heavens, father! Don't you ever read the papers?" (From "The Bystander.") ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 45 words
  8. Not Much Use.

    "If some lady will come up on the stage." announced the magician, "I will stand her upon that pedestal and make her disappear—" ...

    Article : 76 words
  9. Elongation.

    The usual after-dinner tiff had take[?] place, and Smithers cooled down. After all, peace was a good thing, and well worth the having, and a little more or ...

    Article : 119 words
  10. Their Love.

    A young man who had decided to make the great avowal was convinced that a few words would suffice to assure his good fortune. He only lacked a ...

    Article : 94 words
  11. The Early Bird.

    The father thought he would give a good example to his lazy son, so he said: "Are you never going to get up ...

    Article : 86 words
  12. Weak-Kneed.

    A man was leading a woebegone horse along a country lane. On arriving at an inu he went in to have a drink, after first asking a small boy to look after the ...

    Article : 95 words
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    "Oo won, Guv'nor?" "I regret to say that Capablanca was beateu at the forty-third move." (From London "Punch," by special arrangement with the proprietors.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. The Salary.

    "WHO's, that impressive-looking woman over yonder?" "That's Mrs. Peekum, She's remarkable woman, and they say she commands ...

    Article : 49 words
  15. No Different.

    An actor went for a walk with a friend and was greeted by a passer-by. Friend: "Who was that?" Actor: "An actor." ...

    Article : 43 words
  16. IDENTITY.

    "Excuse me but it seems to me that must have met you before. Are you no a brother of a near relative of Major Gibbs?" ...

    Article : 45 words
  17. A LARGE ORDER.

    She was very well dressed, and as she walked into a fashionable boot shop the manager himself came forward to serve her. "I see by your catalogue," she said, ...

    Article : 62 words
  18. A STRANGE MAN.

    Miss Sharp.—"Perhaps you won't believe it, but a strange man tried to kiss me once." Miss Snap.—"Really! Well, he'd have ...

    Article : 41 words
  19. THE SHIRKER.

    "Tell your wife not to worry about her deafness, as it is merely an indication of advancing years." "Would you mind telling her ...

    Article : 31 words
  20. THE VOICe CONTEST.

    "Rather a sharp thunderstorm last night." "I hadn't noticed; I was talking with my wife all evening." ...

    Article : 197 words
  21. A DOG'S LIFE.

    "Are you sure it was a marriage licence you gave me a year ago, sir?" "Certainly, my good man. Why do you ask?" ...

    Article : 169 words
  22. Tall Tales.

    "I once knew ii man." said Jobinson. "who was so economical that he used to cover up his ink-Well bet ween each dip to prevent loss by evaporation." ...

    Article : 148 words
  23. Wasting His Time.

    A punter who at a race meeting was robbed of his watch and chain was so incensed that he bought a similar but very flashy chain, and returned to the course ...

    Article : 140 words
  24. A Near Thing.

    A woman entered a Bournemouth music shop and asked the assistant it he had a song called "An English Summer." ...

    Article : 116 words
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