SMILE AWHILE
A fanner wrote to the editor of a paper asking for a method of ridding his crops of tho grasshopper plague. In the same mail, the editor received a requisition for advice from an anxious mother about her twins, who were having a hard time teething The farmer received this reply:— "Wrap flannel cloth around their throats Rub gums twice a day with castor oil, and massage their throats." The anxious mother received this startling reply:-"Covcr with dry straw. Soak thoroughly with coal oil, and apply match. The little pests will soou stop bothering you." "PETER. PAN" (14). Wndcstown.
Teacher: "Jones, arc you laughing at ine?" Jones: "No, miss." Teacher: "Well, what else is there to laugh at?" "HIGHL A.ND HEATHEB" (13). Nelson. • ** * • ■ _ Timmy (about to go paddhng): "You will dry me properly when I've finishod paddling, won't, you, daddy TDaddy: "Of course. I don't want >'°",. to catch cold. ~.,.,. Tmimy: 'Oh, I wasn t thinking of «»>t.. 1 don't want to get rusty, that» *"• "RED WOLF" (13V Pet one.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 148, 20 December 1930, Page 20
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171SMILE AWHILE Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 148, 20 December 1930, Page 20
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