Tommy : " Ships are called ' she,'' aren't they?" Sailor: "Yes, my lad." Tommy: "Then why do they call a tracing ship a merchantman and a warship a man-o'-war?" Minister: "la your poor father any better, my dear?" Little Girl: " Oh, vo». He's so much better that muver'u stopped prayin' for lum, and gone to jawin' hint again 1" " You oOTtaiwly seem rather unlucky!'' "Unlucky! Say, if Vonus de Milo \\,n bathing in the •park, I'd be passing in a subway cxprees!"
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Evening Star, Issue 15140, 24 March 1913, Page 6
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80Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 Evening Star, Issue 15140, 24 March 1913, Page 6
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