CONTRIBUTIONS FROM STARS.
FRENZIED FINANCE. Young Airs Green to Bank Teller: *‘l wish to open an account here.” Teller: “Very well, madam. How much do you wish to deposit?” Young Mrs Green: “Why, nothing! I want to draw out forty pounds.” IF ONLY—--The camel can go eight days without water, was .the intelligence imparted to a small boy by his governess. “So could I if mother would let me,” rejoined the lad. THE REVERSE. Customer: “Do you keep Yeaston’s Tablets?” “No, madam. We sell them.” Brownie. TOUGHER. Wife: “It’s jolly tough when you have to pay two shillings for a pound of steak.” Husband: “Yes, dear, but it’s tougher still when you pay only ninepence a, pound.” When is a dog most human?—When it is between a boy and a man. When is a man four-handed?—When lie doubles his fists. Christmas Present.
ALL EXCEPT. “Is daddy asleep?" asked mother “Yes, mother/' replied Betty. “A 1 except his nose.” Bluebell.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18046, 5 January 1927, Page 12
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