The engagement of a daughter had been announced, A friend, calling, was met at the door by the maid, who announced: “No, Miss Alice isn’t at home this afternoon—she has gone to the class.” “What class?” inquired the visitor. “You know, Miss Alice is going to be married in the spring,” explained the maid, “an’ she’s taking a course in domestic silence.”
“So you had cherries to eat in the cinema?” said mother. “I hope you did not throw the stones on the floor.” Oh, no, mummy,” answered the boy, I put them in the hat on the seat beside me.”
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3843, 7 December 1936, Page 8
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