Tlie boy was very small and tie load be was pushing in the wheelbarrow’ was very, very big. A benevolent old gentleman, putting down, his bundles, lent him a helping hand, “Easily, my boy,” be puffed, “I don’t see how you manage to get that harrow up tha gutters alone.” “I don't,” replied the appreciative kid. “Dere’a always some jay a-standin/ round as takes it up for me.” “ Your wife’s dinner parties are always beautiful affairs.” “Yets,” replied Mr Parvenu, “at first people didn’t seem, to want to come to ’em. 1 guess mebbe the high cost of living is making a difference.”
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Evening Star, Issue 16050, 29 February 1916, Page 6
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103Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Star, Issue 16050, 29 February 1916, Page 6
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