A schoolmistress once asked her pupil to tell What word do the letters S double E spell. The child was but dull, and the mistress replies : “ What is it, you dunce, I do with my eyes?” “ Oh, yes,” says the child, quickly taking the hint; " I know the word now, ma’am; S double E—squint.”
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Evening Star, Issue 11168, 17 February 1900, Page 8
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54Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Issue 11168, 17 February 1900, Page 8
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