HOLDING HANDS.

Observer, Volume XL, Issue 13, 29 November 1919, Page 30

HOLDING HANDS.

"Oh, Mr. Coles," said the manager's fair assistant to the foreman, "the hands threaten to strike and the guvnors away." "Yes, I know," said the foreman. "I wired him this morning for instructions. He wired, in reply, 'Hold hands till I come.' " "Well," said the girl, "It seems rather silly to hold hands so long, but I guess we can do it."

GOLDEN SILENCE

"How marriage changes a man

"Doesn't it. Take my husband — he used to offer me a penny for my thoughts, and now he oftens offers me half a crown to shut up."

THE GUMDIGGER

Dentist: "I. think that tooth's been filled before. I can see traces of the gold." Patient: "Great Scot, man, then you've struck my back collar stud." ■■® 9 9

OUT OF HER TEENS

"What would you say," asked a fair theosophist, "if I should tell you that I was born three thousand years ago?" "Why," said the man whom she had addressed, "I should say you don't look it!" ® # ®

WANTED—A BOY

Mother: "My dear son, now that you've left school, you must really begin looking for some sort of employment." Her Spoilt Darling: "But don't you think, mother, it would be more dignified to wait until the offers begin to come in?"