"Now, Robert, what do you intend to do when you become a man,” asked Aunt Ellen, looking approvingly 'at her small nephew. "I’m going to be a soldier," replied the small boy promptly, “’cause then I can fight whenever I want to without being spanked for it.” Jones: The doctor says I must take plenty of exercise. I don’t know whether to try Indian clubs or dnmbells. Mrs Jones: I wish you would come out,with me and wheel the perambulator a little way. Jones: No, Martha, I don’t want to overdo the thing at first, you know. Mrs Aristocrat: Did yon hear what Mrs Nouveau Riche said to -me at the concert this evening? Mrs Wellborn: No. Mrs Aristocrat: Well she informed me that she has decided to have a nom do plume in her hat. May; How did they ever come to marry? Fav-.Oh. it’s the same old story. They started out to be good friends, you know, and later on changed their minds.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8365, 27 February 1913, Page 10
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