Between the acts—Brown, reading programme: 'Ten years are supposed to elapse between the third and fourth acts.' Jones: 'Come out and have something. I can't imagine ten years having elapsed during which I haven't had a drink.'
The dude at the den ist's.—Dentist: I'm afraid to give this chap gas.' Assistant : Why ? Dentist: How can I tell when he's unconscious.
' George, I fear you are marrying me just because my uncle left me a fortune.' 'No, my riecious. I'd marry you just the same if any other friend had left it to you.' "Why this notice not to touch this particular piece of statuary with canes or umbrellas ?" asked a visitor at the art exhibition. "Because," snapped a competing artist, "you could only do it justice with an axe."
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 258, 6 November 1897, Page 2 (Supplement)
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