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  2. SCHOOL HOWLERS.

    The Minister of War is the clergyman who preaches to the soldiers in the barracks. A blizzard is the inside of a duck. ...

    Article : 135 words
  3. THRO' THE OFFICE WINDOW

    "My wife explored my pockets last night." "What did she get?" "About the same as any other ...

    Article : 69 words
  4. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,217 words
  5. THE SPORTSMAN'S PRAYER.

    "Playing the game" stands for a good deal. It is now a British proverb, cricket-derived. The following is "The .Sportsman's Prayer." The ...

    Article : 125 words
  6. STRANGE?

    Customer: "That ice-box you sold me yesterday doesn't do any good. The ice melts and runs all over the floor." Clerk: "You should put a pan under ...

    Article : 111 words
  7. FOREWARNED.

    The new maid's work proved to be unsatisfactory to the thrifty Mrs. Scrimp, so she finally had a talk with her on the matter. ...

    Article : 67 words
  8. THE SALESMAN TYPE?

    Two men wore sitting opposite each other in a Tube train. Presently one of them produced a notebook and proceeded to make a sketch of the other. ...

    Article : 83 words
  9. CONFUSING.

    The caddy had returned from his first piano lesson. Asked how he liked it, he replied: ''Oh, I guess I'll get used to it. But there are so many ...

    Article : 41 words
  10. EXIT DOBBIN.

    Rejected for a thing of cranks and cogs, Your day is done-you're going to the dogs. ...

    Article : 124 words
  11. NO NEWS TO NORMAN.

    Norman ran blithely up the steps and gave the bell a joyful tug. The door was opened by the new maid, who had never seen the young ...

    Article : 67 words
  12. AN EXAMPLE.

    A ten-year-old boy was fuming over his composition. His father suggested that it would be easy enough if he would simply describe something he ...

    Article : 112 words
  13. SATISFIED.

    Lady: "Have you been successful in your search for employment?" Tramp: "Yes'm. I couldn't find any." ...

    Article : 17 words
  14. NOT TO BE CAUGHT.

    "Are you well acquainted with Shakespeare?" "You can't fool me; Shakespeare 'isn't hero now." ...

    Article : 18 words
  15. THE GIFT OF A MACHINE.

    "I'm buying a washing machine for my wife as a present." "That will be a surprise, eh?' "Yes, quite! She's expecting a new ...

    Article : 27 words
  16. CONDUSTOR'S LAMENT.

    "Women—they all puzzle me," Said the train-man with a grunt, "I asked one to take a back seat, And,. of course, she took affront." ...

    Article : 26 words
  17. "BATHING" SUITS.

    Customer: "Will this bathing, suit fade if it gets wet?'' Clerk: "Well, we usually advise having then dry-cleansed." ...

    Article : 20 words
  18. EXPERIENCED.

    "Brown seems to have quite a knowledge of the stock exchange." "What makes you think so?" "Ho never speculates." ...

    Article : 20 words
  19. GET-RICH-QUICK.

    "Yes, sister Maggie is a very fortunate girl." "Yes? Why?" "Dunno. But she went to a party ...

    Article : 76 words
  20. POWER OF MONEY.

    "I should say so. Why, when he cats with his knife they just call it [?]cutricity!" ...

    Article : 25 words
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