NOT SO BAD.
A Scottish actor went to London and took lodgings. With his morning tea the landlady sent up two thin slices of bread and butter, whereupon he complained of the skimpy portion. The next day she sent him three slices, but still he complained. The third day she cut a loaf in two, put a-quarter of a pound of butter on each slab, and sent that up. When he came down she asked defiantly, “Bread and butter all right?” “Aye, no’ so bad,” replied the Scotsman. “But you’ve gone back to two slices.” VOGUE FOR PRETTY NAMES. Flower names are becoming fashionable again after Ann, Mary and Elizabeth have enjoyed such a long popular vogue. During the last few weeks they have been several new arrivals in my friends’ nurseries, says an Englishwoman, and I have been introduced to no fewer than three Lavenders, four Marigolds and I don’t know how many Rosemarys.
To prevent motor or train sickness take a pinch of bicarbonate of soda in quarter of a glass of water immediately before leaving on a journey.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18536, 5 April 1930, Page 11 (Supplement)
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181NOT SO BAD. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18536, 5 April 1930, Page 11 (Supplement)
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