"LICORICE. PLEASE"

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 37, 13 February 1929, Page 18

"LICORICE. PLEASE"

Jack, (ieorgc and Alfred derided h> piny a joke on the owner of a nearby sweets shop. The artful beggars know Ili.lt he kept tin , licorice in ;i tin on the. top shelf of the shuji, and that it would need ;i ladder to reach it.

Jack went into the shop. "A penn'orth of licorice, please."" he said. The jna'i uot his ladder and was u*cendin<r It

when (Jeorgo and Alfred walked into the shop. He got the tin of liconiv down and gave Jack his "penn'orth," put the tin back, carried the ladder away, and asked (George what lie wanted.

"A penn'orth of licorice, please, - ' replied George. The shopkeeper glared lit him. "Why didn't you tell Hit" when I had the tin down, you young brat?" he asked. (Icorgc made no answer, luit a slight gigLjlc escaped from him. The shopkeeper brought the tin down and served (Jeorge. He then fixed his gaze on Alfred. "Do. you want :i penn'orth too," lie asked. "\"o,"' replied Alfred. The shopkeeper put the tin hack and asked Alfred what lie wanted. "Please, sir," piped Alfred, "I only want a ha'pol'th.' . The shopkeeper him such a glare that Alfred found that he didn't want any did the disappearing act all of a. sudden.

OVAL DRAWING MADE EASY. A HINT F01! YOLXU AIUISTS.

Ovals are not at all easy forms to make, and are really more troublesome than circles, because for the latter there is usually a compass available. My young readers, however, will be glad to learn that a compass may also he used for the drawing of an oval. Obtain a cardboard lube such as photographs and pictures are usually pa eke 1 in, j > lit, the paper on tlii.-, fix t lit.* centre leg of the com—ass, and then pivss round as you would iu the drawing of a circle. Be careful that the pencil touches the paper all the way round, and you will find that you have made a "beautiful oval.

WISE SAYINGS. A motor car with one Horn can toss a man further than a hull with two. A good surgeon always gets inside information. Nothing improves by anger, except the arch in the cat's back. Kdison invented the phonograph so we could sit up all night and use his electric light. A man whose word goes a long way is the one tit the broadcasting station.

Should "fiodsi water" be written as two separate words, or should there be a syphon between them?

The force that movea the world is the police force.

Many n man goes into a restaurant for a cup of coffee and comes out with a brand new umbrella.

AN IMMOVABLE CARD

Tf a friend placed an ordinary visiting can! on a bare table and asked you to blow it right over, you would think lie was asking you to do an absurdly easy thing, provided that the card was not fastened to the table in any way. It is not so easy after all, however, for unless you try in the right way you may blow until you are tired, but the card will remain the same side up. It looks still more simple to blow over the card when the two narrower ends are bent over about a-quarter of an inch (so that th*e turned-down end* are at right angles to the card) and the card stands on these turned-down edges. It. seems as though a raised card must be more easily Mown over than one that is (Lit, but it is not so. The solution is very simple: you imist not blow on the card, but on the table at some distance from the card, and then it is quite easy to make it turn over. Trv this trick on- your friends, and see how many can do it in the first minute.