They tell this one in Brooklyn. A young lady, afraid her dancing partner’s perspiring hand would soil her new silk waist, said: “Would you please use your handkerchief?” “Certainly,” replied the young man. And he blew his nose.
He was being medically examined preparatory to taking out an insurance policy. * “Ever had a serious illness?” asked the doctor. “No,” was the answer. “Ever had an accident?” “No.” “Never had a single accident in your life?” “Never, except last spring, when a bull tossed me over a fence.” “Don’t you call that an accident?” “No fear, because lie. did it on purpose !”
A young woman went to the bank and asked for a new cheque book. “I’ve lost the one you gave me yesterday,” she said. “But it doesn’t matter. I took the precaution of signing _ all tlie cheques as soon as I got it—-so, of course. it won’t he of use to anyone else."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 2 August 1924, Page 3
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