Sorry He Spoke.—"Any of you got a very old uniform?" asked the sergeant. A private, scenting a new one, proudly displayed h;s frayed and stains. "It isn't fit for much, in it?" commented the sergeant. " Parade at two-thirty for a coal fatigue." Diplomatic Amerioaine.—" And you will take me to America with you apres la guerre?" aeked the demoiselle of the buck private. " But, mademoiselle,'' remonstrated the diplomatic buck, "tho customs-house officials would never pass such a pric&lass .pearl as you!"
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Evening Star, Issue 16993, 15 March 1919, Page 6
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81Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 Evening Star, Issue 16993, 15 March 1919, Page 6
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