Random Shots

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 226, 24 September 1938, Page 15 (Supplement)

Random Shots

By Zamiel

ftlirjht earth tremors were registered in Australia during several nights recently. Local enthusiasts explained that it was only Bradman digging himself in in England. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Staggering thought after reading a modern novel: "Most married women would be perfectly happy—if it weren't for their husbands." ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ CHEMIST has invented solidified whisky, which may be consumed in that form. Alarm is expresed that it may be necessary to wash the stuff down with water.

A grandmother was arrested recently for picking pockets. "Little Old Lady Pursing By."

cricketers seem to have a liking for one particular stroke, a sports writer informs us. The favourite one of the batsmen we saw recently during a "ladies' day," was the glance to leg.

It is said that owing to the dry weather recently there has been a decrease in chcsi complaints. A cough drop.

A writer says: "Women can dress on a sum that would keep many a man looking shabby." He's nearly right. The sum women dress on kreps most men looking shabby.

"The test way to oook asparagus is to stand vertically in a saucepan and boil," says a contemporary. IVc prefer to go without asparagus, thank you very much.

Proverb for women: If the shoe fits, get a size smaller. + ♦ ♦ ♦ "Every time I see a modern beauty chorus, it gives me a pain in the neck," jwrites a critic. Which only goes to prove how eagerly he must crane his neck. ♦♦♦ ' ♦ If your garden is fooling you, give it a few digs in return. * ♦ + ♦ In a French village there is a farmer who has reached the age of 108 and still enjoys excellent health. In fact, he is looking forward to living for many more Cabinets. ♦ ♦ ♦ author declare?, that a man accepts a pirl at her own valuation nowadays. Provided, of course, that her figure is a reasonable one.