SMILE AWHILE

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 124, 21 November 1931, Page 18

SMILE AWHILE

LITTLE OLD MAN. There once was a little old man, Who used to go. driving- a tram; But.when doiiie this deed He was had up for speed: hove frx-m jour elf. Lone .Tack Sam,' "LONG TACK SAM" U2K' Brooklyn. ■ . ' ' ' ; A RISK. "But why ' don't you. want to, be bathe*,Basil!" asked the new nurse, ' ' 'Cause I heard someoM u-7 that «>• good die young, and I'm afraid I might set dr°Wned'" . "JOY-GEBli" (9). Johnsonrllle. ■' "SUSPICIOUS." .... : A butcher, hearing.a boy .whlstllns eutsidi his shop, said: "What are you making all that nolsa tot* you young scamp?" . . ' • "I've lost my dog," answered the boy. "Well." the butcher said, "do you think Tt« got your dog?" - "I. don't know, guvnor." .replied the boy, "but every lime I whistle those . sausases m°<<?' "SWEETPEA" (13). City.

A NEW BEAST!E. Teacher: "Tell me the name of aa *aimild Billy." ■■'■. Billy: "An average." Teacher: "That's not an animal." Billy: "Well, my sister said her young mi* comes to see her twice a. week, on an average I*' "SWEETPEA" (18). CUy- . . . RIDDLES TO GUESS. . Would you rather an elephant killed you- <* a gorilla?—l'd rather the elephant killed the gorilla. ' . • • What is the oldest tree in Australia?—Tl» elder' "SANDT" (€>/ Wadestown. Why are the clouds like coachmenf—By cause they hold rains. (reins). Why is a watchdog bigger by night thaf by day I —Because he is • let • out at niglit, an; taken-in in the morning-. ' " -~- NANCY HERON (10). Tetone; What is the difference between a hill and t pill?— One-is hard to. get..up, and the othei is hard to get down. '■ I "LADY OF! THE LAMP. (10). Vogeltown. ...