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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 292, 8 December 1900, Page 2 (Supplement)

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First Doctor: "I hear that you sometimes take one of your patients oujj driving! That is something I would ' never do. I consider that unprofessional!" *, Second Doctor: "Well, you do not '; have to do that—the undertaker does it for you!" ; How oft you'll see a man who'll earn The admiration of the earth, ,;•■ But who in trade can never learn Somehow to get his moneys worth Admiring Mamma: I don't think you have, quite caught the exjjression of Evangeline's nose. Artist:. Madame, Raphael couldn't do better than that, Admiring Mamma: Why not? Artist:. Because, madam. Raphael is dead. "We need no ring to plight our troth," he suggested, as he kissed her impetuously. "Oh, yes, we do, retorted the maiden. "None of your sleight-of-hand tricks with me." t Young* Lady: You are a wonderful master of the piano, I hear?* Pro* fessor Yon Spieler (hired for the occa*. jsion): I blay aggompaniments zome- | times. "Accompaniments to singing?" "Aggompaniments to gonversations." Tess: Were there any marryingl men down at the shore? Jess: Yes, it was awfully aggravating*. Tess: Aggravating? Jess: Yes. There were f.oun ministers and two justices of the peace | there.

"You mustn't go in this weather!, I Come, stay to dinner, and then inj" 1 daughter will play the piano." > j "No, I must go —the weather isn't!: I so bad as all that!" The Old Friend: I hear that you ara engaged, Fanny. Caii it be possible that you are going to marry that young Fiddleback? The heiress: Oh, no; he asked me as a favour to becoma engaged to him for a few weeks to .keep up his credit. Papa Didn't Like. It—Fond Mamma:, Such good news, dear! Baby talks. He has just said the first words. "Really!" "Yes, just fancy! We wetin the Zoo, standing before the monkey cage, when the. darling cried out, 'Ah, papa!'" \ . ■■■•''";,' Cause For Envy.—He: How '_ envythe man who has just sang the solo.. .She: Why, I thought he,had a_;ex« Ipeptionally poior voice. He: Oh, it isn't his voice I envy. It's his nerve.