IN LIGHTER VEIN.
Tho Value of Evidence. —Magistrate: "The evidence shows that you throw a kettle at your husband." Culprit: "It shows more than that, yer honour; it shows that 1 'it 'im!" —"London Opinion."
A Paternal Problem. —"You don't know a father's troubles," said Paterfamilias to his bachelor friend. "Why, what's wrong now?" "Well, you see-, my children aro at the age when, if I use slang, nry wife says I'm setting a bad example, and if I speak correctly, the kids think I'm a back number. Which would you do?" —"Evening Standard."
"Father."' said little Rollo, "what is appendicitis!'" "Appendicitis, my son," answered tbe deep-thinking father, "is something that enables a doctor to open up a man's anatomy and remove his entire banking account." — "Ladies' Homo Journal."
Tommy: "I want another box of those pills, like what 1 got for mother yesterday." Druggist: "Did your mother say they were good?" Tommy: "No, but thej* just fit my air-gun."-— "New York Life.'-
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14916, 14 March 1914, Page 9
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163IN LIGHTER VEIN. Press, Volume L, Issue 14916, 14 March 1914, Page 9
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