Laughs
TACTLESS! Mother: “Betty go and see how old Mrs. Jones is to-day.” Betty: (on returning). “Mother, Mrs. Jones sez it’s not your business to know how old she is.” —Cousin Mary English. SURELY! Teacher: “Mary, spell ‘that.’” Mary: “T-H-A-T.” Teacher: “Good girl. Now take the T away and what will that leave?” Mary: “The cups and saucers.” —Cousin Isabel Tilson. DESCENT. “Green declares his grandfather descended from one of the greatest houses in Britain.” “Ah, yes, I did hear a story about him falling off a roof.” —Cousin Molly Dwyer.
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Southland Times, Issue 20633, 3 November 1928, Page 22 (Supplement)
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