“ Prisoner,” said the magistrate, “ you have already been sentenced eleven times for vagrancy, violent assault, embezzlement, theft, and so on.” “ Would you mind not speaking so loud, your Worship? My intended father-m----)aw is in court, and you might damage my prospects.” Mrs Green; “And whom does this statue represent?” Artist: “That is Diana, executed in terracotta.” Mrs Green: “Oh, poor thing, how brutal thev are in those outlandish countries.” Mrs B.: “ Mrs Binks always asks the price of everything. Mrs C.: “And what’s she been trying to ■ find out now?” Mrs B.: “She wanted to know how much I paid for this dress.” Mrs C'..: “Such inquisitiveness! How much did you tell her?”
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Evening Star, Issue 19763, 13 January 1928, Page 2
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113Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Evening Star, Issue 19763, 13 January 1928, Page 2
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