The Sons of Ham.
"Will you please pass the Shem?" asked a quiet man at the railway refreshment bar. "Haven't any," squealed the girl in attendance. " Some Japhet ?" queried the quiet man again. " Don't keep it," squeaked the damsel. " I say," remarked a curious passenger, " what do you mean by Shem and Japhet ?" "Nothing," responded the little man, dolefully ; " only the Ham is so old and musty, that I thought the rest of the tribe might be about here somewhere, and I'd like to see 'em."
Mrs Chilsley— "l see statistics show that seventy-five per cent, of male criminals are unmarried." Mr Chilsley— " Which shows how many men prefer the prison to matrimony." And the ensuing silence was so deep that Mrs Chilsley could hear herself reflect.
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Observer, Volume 9, Issue 559, 14 September 1889, Page 17
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127The Sons of Ham. Observer, Volume 9, Issue 559, 14 September 1889, Page 17
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