Mistress: “Why don’t you boil the eggs?” Cook: “Sure, I’ve no clock In the kitchen to go by.” Mistress: “Oh, yes, you have.” Cook: “What good is it! It’s ten minutes fast.”
Brown (between dances): “There’s a lady over there who has been watching you for ever so long; she’ll be askin" for an introduction soon.” Jones: “She won’t—she’s-my wife!”
Mrs. Jones: “And how many evenings will you expect off each week! I never give more than two.” New Maid: “I’m afraid that won’t do, ma’am, xou gee, I’m a debutante this season.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 April 1927, Page 21
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