OH! LET US BE CHEERFUL
PARSON WANTS “MERRY WIDOW” FOR DIRGE [By Electric Cable —Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Sunday, 7.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 6. Obituary: Rev. Alexander Carlisle, chaplain and lecturer on political science to the University College, Oxford. Rev. Carlisle, after a visit to tlm ex - Kaiser at Doom in November, caught a chill swimming in the Serpentine, wherein he had bathed winter and summer for twelve years. He immediately arranged everything for his own funeral except the date! He visited a crematorium and paid fees in advance. He also interviewed an organist, whom bo instructed to play tho “Merry Widow” waltz after the service, which ho desired to be cKecrful, with no xnoii|-n----ing.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3289, 8 March 1926, Page 9
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118OH! LET US BE CHEERFUL Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3289, 8 March 1926, Page 9
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