CONTRIBUTIONS FROM STARS,

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18030, 15 December 1926, Page 10

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM STARS,

BEATEN. A Scotsman went to a chemist to buy an empty medicine bottle. He picked out one that suited him. “How much?” he inquired. “The price of that eiYipty bottle is sixpence,” said the chemist, ‘‘but if you want something put in it, then I won’t, make any charge for the bottle.” “Mon, but that’s fair enough,” said Sandy, “Put me in a cork! ” —Vera Ealham. HIS FAULT. “Oh. Mummie,” sobbed little Joan, “Freddy has broken my dolly!” “The naughty boy,” said Mummie. “How did he break it?” “I hit him on the head with it!” said Joan. —Josephine Chester. NOT HIS HABIT. The head of a boarding school saw one of the boys wiping his knife on the table cloth. “Is that what you do at home?” he asked angrily. “No, sir,” answered the boy. “We have clean knives at home.” —Christmas Present. SAY THESE QUICKLY. Billy Biliks is buying Buster Band’s best brown bread. —Christmas Present. ' Will sheep shank soup satisfy Sister Susie? If sheep shank soup satisfies. Sister Susie is Sister Susie satisfied with sheep shank soup? —Ethel Smith, Australia. RIDDLES. If you saw a waiter coming in with a turkey in a china dish on a tray and the lot fell to the ground, what would be the result?—The downfall of Turkey, the smashing up of China and the falling of Greece. What bus went to America?—Columbus. What kind of horse is the hardest to train?—A black one, because you cannot make it obey (a bay);-' —Name of Contributor Wanted. What is the best thing to put in cakes ?—Teeth. —Valina Richards. When is a clock on the stairs very dangerous?—When it runs down. • —Basil Parker.