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Evening Star, Issue 23553, 17 April 1940, Page 8

The pride of the small travelling circus was a large Barbary bear. One night it got loose. The next day an old man brought it hack. Manager of circus (joyfully): “ What do you claim as a reward? How much did it cost you to capture him?” Old man: “ Well, jf you wish you can pay me for the penny ball of string I bought to tie him up so that I could get him back here.” She (to husband after employing a gardener): “ Why did you want me to hire the short man? The tall man had such a kind face.” Husband: “My dear, when you pick a man to work in your garden, judge him by his overalls. If theyjre patched on his knees, you want him; if they’re patched on the seat, you a'on’t.” The husband wakened his wife in the middle of the night. Husband: “ There is a burglar in the room. Wife: “ Heavensl And I am wearing an oldfashioned nightdress,”