■ Anxious Old Lady (oil river steamer): "I say, my good man, is this boat goiiv* up or down?" Surly Deckhand: .''Well. she's a leaky old tub, ma'am, so I fhouldn't wonder if sho was going dowW -Then, again, her b'ilers ain't none too good, so sho might go up. y - I ■ ■'■''" "Are you in favour of women taking ' part in public affairs!;" /'lt's all right ;, " ■ if vou.rcaljy want the affairs public." tie who .hesitates is. run over. A woman with five children entered a car. She busied herself seating them. A i btmevoleut old gentleman roso and. gave 1 her his seat. "Are those all your children, madam?" he asked, "or is it a picnic?" "They're all mine," snapped 'the woman, "audit's no picnic."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 7 April 1924, Page 6
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