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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16448, 29 May 1919, Page 7

STAGED IN AMERICA, 192—. She: “Am I the first girl you ever kissed?” He: “Heavens, no! Wasn’t I in France the day the armistice was signed ?” She was inclined to be sentimental. He was nothing if not practical. “Would that yon could tell me how to mend a broken heart,’ she said. “I have known of cases where it has been done by splicing,” ho replied. That ■was the remedy tried in this case. Little Clarence: “Father!” His Father: “Well, my son?” Little Clarence: “I took a. walk through the cemetery to-day, and read the inscriptions on the tombstones.” His .Father: “And what were your thoughts after you had done so?” Little Clarence: “Why, father, I wondered whore all the wicked people were buried.” • Host (to comedian who is going to entertain his friends); “Will you do your turn now, or shall wc let them enjoy themselves a little lonaec£.”-