WHAT HE EXPECTED. A young girl from the country went to a- London boarding school, much against tho wishes of her father, who thought she would be spoiled by city ways. Soon she wrote in one of her letters: “I am in love with Mali Jong.” “Well, you see. I was right,” said the father. “I knew no good would come of it. Now she’s going about with a Chinaman.” The, young man was being instructed in his duties as ushei at a wedding. “You understand,” said the best man, “when the people arrive you ask them if they’re friends of the bride or ot the groom You show tho bride’s friends to seats on one side of the church and the groom’s to seats on the other. “Lots of fuss!” said the usher. “ Won’t they take sides soon enough?” Coal weighing about 200,0C0,Q0 tons is burned every year in the United Kingdom; of this about 40,000,C00 tons is burned in ■ domestic grates.
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Evening Star, Issue 20130, 21 March 1929, Page 14
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