TO RAISE A SMILE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 117, 20 May 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)

TO RAISE A SMILE.

(Sent in by Dorothy Calvcy, Milton House, Gisljorne.) "What word is there the first two letters of which signify a niiin, the fust three a woman, the first four a daring man, and the whole word a courageous woman 1" Answer: "Heroine." (Sent in by Albert Horscroft, 90, Trafalgar Street. Onehunga.) "Now, Johnny," said the master, "if your father can do a piece, of work in an hour, and your mother can do it in an ht>ur, how long would it take both of them to do it?" "Three hours," replied Johnny, "counting the time they would waste arguing. 7 ' (Sent in by Ruth Dennis, Warkworth; age 13.) A lady was entertaining a friend's small son. "Are you quite sure you can cut your meat, Willy?" she asked, watching him a minute. "Oh, yessum," he replied without looking up. "We often have it as touch as this at home." * * # » Vera: What does " trans-Atlantic" mean, mother ? Mother: Across the Atlantic. • Vera: Does "trans" always mean across ? Mother: I suppose it does. Vera: Well, then, I suppose (' transparent " means a cross parent. (By Phyllis Koycroft, Kimberley Road, Waihi.) A cavalry recruit, named Murphy, was given one of the worst horses in the troop. "Remember," cautioned the sergeant, "no one is allowed to dismount without orders." Murphy was no sooner in the saddle than the horse began to kick and MurjHiy went over his head. "Murphy," yelled the sergeant, when he discovered ".him lying on the ground breathless; "You dismounted?" "I did." "Did you have orders?" "I did." "From headquarters ?" "No, sir, from hindquarters."