BOILING THE ENGINE. A young lady was being shown round a locomotive works. “ Wlmt is that thing?” she asked, pointing with her parasol. " That,” answered the guide, “ is an engine boiler.” “And, why do they boil engines?” she asked innocently. It was not until afterwards that the guide remembered that ho might have said' that engines were boiled to make them tender 1
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Evening Star, Issue 17838, 8 December 1921, Page 3
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63Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Issue 17838, 8 December 1921, Page 3
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