How many of us have noticed, writoa a correspondent, that we walk with our arms as well as with our legs? Sitting on a grassy slope overlooking a soaßide promenade the other day he was struck by the mechanical swing of the arms of the stream of passers-by — the right arm always keeping position with the left leg and the left twrtn with the right leg. By attempting to reverse the order of the swing, our correspondent found that ho had a tendency to progress like a crab, while the effort to keep them, fixed by the side was like shutting off the steam from the engine. Arms and the man must be amended to arms, legs and the maul
" ' I fear no foa in shining armour,' " sang the man at a concert. " Bon't you, old chap?" grumbled the bachelor in the front row. " Then you try and open a sardine tin with s pocket* knife!"
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9316, 17 August 1908, Page 3
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156Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Star (Christchurch), Issue 9316, 17 August 1908, Page 3
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