PRACTICAL BOY'S ANSWER. It was a class in arithmetic that the following household problem was cxactlv solved. ‘ Suppose that in a family of five there were only four potatoes for dinner, and the mother wanted to give each of the children an equal share, how is she Koine to do it ? ” For a few minutes there was silence in the room, while everybody calculated hard. Finally one of the fittle boys rose to his: feet, and after attracting the attention of the schoolmaster, gave his unexpected answer— “ Mash the potatoes, sir.” Mother—" Oh, Bobby, you naughty boy, you’ve been smoking! (Pause.) Poor darling, do you feel very bad?” Bobby (who has been well brought up)—“ Thank you, I'm dying.” A hew German explosive, the invention of a man named Gehre, is said to be the most powerful jet devised.
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Evening Star, Issue 14001, 6 March 1909, Page 11
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139Page 11 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Star, Issue 14001, 6 March 1909, Page 11
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