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NZ Truth, Issue 58, 28 July 1906, Page 7

Stockbroker : Halloa, old Chap 1 You . look down. What's up ? Jobber : Everything— except shares. The Afternoon-tea Poet : May I read my last, poem ? Hostess : With pleasure— if it is really your last. The Spring Chicken : Fluffy says Lord Candy proposed to her twice in ont evening. , • Fanny Virginia : Possibly. I Vnow she's deaf on one side. The maiden ladies have just beaten the married women in the chess tournament, In England. This is not extraordinß«g|§ for the maidens naturally have more t;i v 'to devote to chessmen, while the mat,;'- ? i spend their energy capturing th^S • ttevg in th» JUsbj iP>' .