A large family was being shown round a museum. The party stopped before a great stuffed ostrich; and papa said: “This ’ere is the hostrich, now extinct.” ‘But, dear, said his wife, “surely the hostrich ain’t extinct” “Well,” declared papa _ stubbornly, “this one is, anyway.”-
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Evening Star, Issue 20318, 29 October 1929, Page 7
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45Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 Evening Star, Issue 20318, 29 October 1929, Page 7
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