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  2. In Lighter Vein

    THE backbone of the nation, it appears from the fashion advertisements, will he seen on the beaches this season. Tanning as a hobby is becoming very popular in ...

    Article : 197 words
  3. About That Cheque

    YOU know the trepidation thai enters your soul when you have to ask somebody to cash a cheque for you. A customer presented one to the proprietor of a business and was met with the reply: "No Can't do it. ...

    Article : 77 words
  4. Taking No Risks

    EVERY time McPunter went to the races he carried a camera with him. One day I sought his confidence. "Why do you carry the camera? Is it to photo close decisions?" I inquired. "New, mon; it's to take ...

    Article : 68 words
  5. One Nuisance and Another

    SPRAGG'S home was alive with vermin, and Bilkins told him that if he put a few cockroaches in the place would soon be cleared of the pest. Spragg got some vigorous specimens from a restaurant, and they did ...

    Article : 72 words
  6. She Always Knows Best

    THE night I told her I had failed She laughed and said, "I told you so." "Henceforth our paths shall part!" I railed The night I told her I had failed. ...

    Article : 70 words
  7. No Regrets

    THE landlord was impatient, and when the rent, from a tenant was overdue lie wrote the offender:—"I regret to inform you that my rent is overdue; please remit same by return post." ...

    Article : 69 words
  8. Tried It Once

    "BEEN buying Christmas presents, I suppose, Dave?" I asked. Dave shuffled. "Not on your life! I tried it a couple of years ago, thinkin' it would he nice to give ...

    Article : 369 words
  9. The Longest Way Round

    THE teacher had been giving a lesson about the shape of the world, and told the children how some of the early navigators circumnavigated the globe. "Now, can anyone tell me what you would call a ...

    Article : 75 words
  10. Following Directions

    THE swaggy called at the homestead looking very sick, sore, and sorry, as all swagmen do who approach a station looking for work and praying that there will be none offering. A big woman answered ...

    Article : 193 words
  11. Retort Discourteous

    IT happened in a city street. There was a fat man— a very fat man whose mien belied the reputation of the fat for good humour. The small boy had been imitating the pompous walk of the aforementioned citizen. ...

    Article : 77 words
  12. According to Their Appetites

    A LOCAL German farmer was arranging with a man who wanted a job. Finally they came to the subject of wages. "A pound a week," said the would-be employer ...

    Article : 56 words
  13. The New Art of Detection

    IF a murder has been successfully achieved our investigators—both professional and amateur.—look for a motive in greed, anger, jealousy. How crudel Why do they not inquire whether the murderee played ...

    Article : 71 words
  14. Raising the Ante

    THE captain of a small trading vessel wanted to land some contraband at a certain port. Approaching the Customs officer he said: "Joe, if I put a ten-shilling note over each eye could ye see?" ...

    Article : 55 words
  15. The Modern Way

    A WOMAN petitioning for a divorce in Sydney recently told the Court that on one occasion her husband, after she had refused a lobster, produced a ...

    Article : 154 words
  16. Fashion's Whirl

    She bought a little frock one morn— It Was all a frock could be. But ...

    Article : 33 words
  17. Silence

    I stammered : "Darling, will you wed me?" And thus disclosed my love so deep ; Since when, financially, she's bled me— And yet men say that talk is cheap! ...

    Article : 36 words
  18. Undoubtedly

    AND they talk about reducing the Jiving wage of the workers," said the street-corner politician. "I tell you they'll keep cutting the wool off the ...

    Article : 102 words
  19. Never Keep a Diary!

    THE young couple recently married, decided that they should keep a diary. I inspected it on the anniversary of the wedding. It contained nothing ...

    Article : 79 words
  20. REMARKS THAT DON'T RING TRUE.

    "Will you please keep your eye on me as I go through your orchara[?] to steal some apples." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 39 words
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