Nell—“He said I looked lovely in that gown, didn’t he ?” Belle— I ►’Not exactly dear. He said that gown looked lovely on you.” * A small girl, aged two and a half, was playing with her aunt’s toy terrier the other day, says a usually well-informed contemporary. After a time the attentions of the animal began to bore her. She turned round and gave utterance to the following fearsome threat: 'Chiggy I shall kick you at the top of my voice in a minute.” * People ought to be careful how they spread science among the young There is a melancholly story being told to-day of a small boy who was sent to some popular lectures on evolution. He came back bursting with information. “Well, Tommy,” said papa genially, “what have you learnt?” “Oh, papa, before I was born you and mamma were
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Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 6, 11 September 1906, Page 8
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