AN ANCIENT MOSAIC FLOOR.
A Mosaic floor, believed to be 2000 years old, has been unearthed at Alexandria while builders were sinking the foundations of the English girls’ college which the British community is erecting according to the design of Mr. Grey Wornum, the English architect. The mosaic, which is in good condition, is ten feet by twelve feet, and was found five feet below the ground level. The coloring is excellent. The design contains a fish in the centre, with a comical decoration surrounding it.
Old George had just finished planting potatoes for the local squire. Bast year ho had spoiled the crop by planting them too closely. "How have you put them; farther apart this time?" asked the Squire. “Aye, zur!” answered George. “They be fur 'nuf apart. Some be in your garden, an’ t’ others in my allotment."
Called at Telephone Office: “These flowers are for the ’phone girls." Supervisor; “Oh, thank you, sir. You flatter our service.” “Flatter nothing! I thought they were all dead!’’
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Cromwell Argus, Volume LXVIII, Issue 3484, 30 August 1937, Page 7
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169AN ANCIENT MOSAIC FLOOR. Cromwell Argus, Volume LXVIII, Issue 3484, 30 August 1937, Page 7
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