" Bobby, if you’re a good boy this afternoon while I’m entertaining company, I’ll give you a penny ” penny I Gee whiz, mother, you are always looking for bargains 1” “Busy these days, Senator?” “Very; I’m on one investigating committee and am being investigated by another.” She was trying to be nice to the little girl, whose mother was a great friend of hers. “ I hope you are getting on well at school,” she said. “Now, I wonder if you can spell ‘ horse.’ ” “I could if 1 wanted to,” replied the little girl. “ But don’t you think it’s rather old-fashioned?’’
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Evening Star, Issue 20311, 21 October 1929, Page 12
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99Page 12 Advertisements Column 4 Evening Star, Issue 20311, 21 October 1929, Page 12
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