SEEN AND HEARD.
Five-year-old Betty, perched on her father’s knee in the very crowded tramcar, peered hard at the stout, very gaudily dressed individual as ’ she bustled and edged herself into the only available seat. Betty continued to stare, and then, after a while, she turned to her mother. “Mummy,” she said, in loud tones, “it’s a lady!” “S-sh, dear!” scolded the parent angrily, “we know it is.” The small child looked hurt. “But, mummy,” she said, “you just said to daddy, ‘What’s this object coming in?’ ”
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 November 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)
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87SEEN AND HEARD. Taranaki Daily News, 22 November 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)
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