SHAKESPEARE OUTDONE.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 January 1930, Page 9 (Supplement)

SHAKESPEARE OUTDONE.

Teddy was struggling with a new word in his reading lesson. “Spell the word,” said his teacher. “S-n-a-i-1.” “Yes. That’s 'snail.’ You know what a snail is, don’t you?” “Of course. One passed me on my way to school this morning.” « * * PAPA MEAT BUSINESS. Papa: “Arc you writing to that sweetheart of yours again, Edith? Why, you seem to have 'been doing so for years! How do you sign your letters?” Edith: “Oh, I always say, ‘I remain ever your loving Edith Jones!’” Papa: “Oh. Well, strike out the ‘I remain ever,’ and put three lines under the ‘Jones!’ It’s time that young man was coming to the point!” « # # * ABSENT-MINDED. Smith: “Do you know my brother is so absent-minded that one day, thinking his bicycle was outside, he went to get on but fell off because it wasn t theie. Jones: “That’s nothing! Why, my cousin, one night in bed, actually struck a match to see if he had blown the candle out.”