Proprietor (showing a party of ladies through his cight-etorey factory) : " Yes, thie is a high building; but to" show you how easily we can communicate from one department to the other, I will whistle up this tube to the foreman en the top floor. (Blows through pipe). "Now, Miss Slimbelle, just place your car here, a.nd listen to the response." Top Floor Foreman (who has recently been postered with, false calis from the office boy): "Ye ill-mannered slip of a monkey, if ye do that again Til come- right down and spank the life out of ye." For the benefit of outdoor workers who must have their hands free, a Germ.in inventor Las brought out a tentshaped umbrella that fctrags to the shoulders.
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Evening Star, Issue 14002, 8 March 1909, Page 4
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123Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 Evening Star, Issue 14002, 8 March 1909, Page 4
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