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  2. A PAGE OF FUN

    Among the barren rocks of the Khyber Pass there lived an Afridi and his wife and son. When the child was very small they made a bole in the mud wall of their ...

    Article : 379 words
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    Aunt (visiting small invalid): "Sarry I haven't bought you a present, old chap, but I didn't see anything that I thought you'd like." Nephew: "What did you see that you fought I wouldn't like?"> (From London "Punch" by special arrangement with the proprietors) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 50 words
  4. A Family Party.

    One evening, at 7 o'clock, a man wit a wife and ll children, many of then grown up, appeared at the entrance to an entertainment hall, bought two tickets, ...

    Article : 120 words
  5. Pencil v. Pen.

    He was quite young, was the new commercial traveller, and it was his first experience of being on the road. Nevertheless, new or not, he had managed to get ...

    Article : 134 words
  6. What He Could Do.

    Twenty children from one of the London slums had been entertained to a charity dinner, and afterwards each was asked to sing or give a recitation. ...

    Article : 111 words
  7. Stocktaking.

    The manager of the warehouse arrived at his place of business just five minutes after the whistle for work had blown, and met a warehouseman whom he had ...

    Article : 111 words
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    The Caller: "Is Lady Smythe-Joneson at home? The Servant: "Yes. Madam." The Small Girl: "Then hadn't we better call some other day. Mummie" (From the "Sketch.") ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 33 words
  9. The Ungrateful Bull.

    An unusual scene was being enacted in Farmer Giles's field. Puffing like a steam engine. cursing his folly in allowing himself to grow stout, an old gentleman was ...

    Article : 113 words
  10. The Precaution.

    Two men were lunching in a crowded restaurant, and one of them noticed that his companion was constantly turning round and darting suspicious glances at ...

    Article : 95 words
  11. An Ellen Terry Story.

    Here is a little story about Dame Ellen Terry winch is new to me (says a "Daily News" writer). She was immensely proud of the fact that she was a native of ...

    Article : 96 words
  12. The Dead Heat.

    Old Mr. Brown was paying his first visit to London, and his son took him to hear a famous orchestra. Young Brown watched his father's face ...

    Article : 128 words
  13. The Way Out.

    The reporter entered the editorial "den" with his report on a local concert. "I really don't know what to say about Miss Keysmaster's pianoforte selection." ...

    Article : 82 words
  14. A Poor Aim.

    "I see you have a sign in your window, 'we aim to please'" remarked the irritated customer. "Yes." replied the shopkeeper, "that is ...

    Article : 49 words
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    Scoutmaster: "What is the best way to prevent diseases caused by biting insects?" Tenderfoot: "Stop biting 'em." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 19 words
  16. Stars in Their Courses.

    The night was stormy, and the captain's son stood watching his father steering the little vessel. Wishing to consult his chart. the captain said to the boy:- ...

    Article : 96 words
  17. Misleading.

    The debt collector was again leaving empty-handed, and was, consequently, rather,grumpy. "A nice Christian you are." he sneered. ...

    Article : 73 words
  18. A Dozen a Day.

    Angry Purchaser: "Didn't you tell me that you had got as many as 12 eggs in one day from those eight hens you sold me?" ...

    Article : 102 words
  19. Strange.

    "Where did the car hit him?" ashed the Coroner. "At the junction of the dorsal and cerly. "an' I never heard of the place." ...

    Article : 58 words
  20. Undeveloped.

    "My Scotch boy friend sent me his picture." "How does it look?" "I don't know. I haven't had it ...

    Article : 25 words
  21. The Subterfuge.

    Two special constables were patrolling a certain district in tlie carly hours of the morning, when they discovered a dead horse. ...

    Article : 65 words
  22. WHAT HE SAID.

    The hawker had just been moved on by the policeman and was crass about it. "Garn! Who wouldn't be a ...

    Article : 46 words
  23. The Scottish Way.

    In the Burns country in Scotland there is a village in which members of the local Burns Club select one new member annually. When this year's candidate was ...

    Article : 82 words
  24. Lucky.

    Dolly was telling the next door, little girl all about it. "My sister, Beatrice, is awfully lucky." "Why?" ...

    Article : 68 words
  25. The Countryman's Appetite.

    A countryman who had come to London and prospered in business invited a friend from his native place to spend a holiday with him. On the first day he took him ...

    Article : 75 words
  26. Confidence.

    An angler who had been endeavouring to book something for the last six hours, was sitting gloomily, at his task, when a mother and her small son came along. ...

    Article : 68 words
  27. JUST IN TIME.

    Glasgow was enveloped in a thick fog. An old lady standing helplessly in the centre of one of the streets asked a passerby.—"Where'll I get the Springburn car?" ...

    Article : 53 words
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