BY THE WAY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18624, 28 November 1928, Page 9

BY THE WAY.

SOME COLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS. (By One of the Boys.) A correspondent wants to know if Mr Charles Parker is alive. (His death was reported on Monday in a contemporary). The answer is in the infirmary. K 3J M Dietitian: “Yes, a few lettuce leaves, without oil, and a glass of orange juice. There, Madam, that completes your daily diet.” Mrs Overweight: “Thank you so much. Doctor, but do I take this before or after meals?” Tommy’s first school report, which was promising, read, “Trying.” The second term’s report raised his parents’ hopes by stating, “Still trying.” The next report, however, dashed all hopes to the ground. It read, “Still very trying.” James 11, when he fled from England, dropped the Great Seal in the Thames, to hold up the country’s business ; some Scottish Fascists propose tp pinch the Stone of Destiny. Here’s a suggestion to the Junior Reform League—how about borrowing the mace or the key of Bellamy’s? The Australian airman flying to England must find life a bit of a hurley - burley. These politicians are finding all sorts of reasons why there should not be another election just yet. As a matter of fact each member has quite 400 reasons—golden ones. « a u Turkey and Greece, at it again, but I’m sure the cookery book says that Turkey ought to be well basted. The -whitebait season seems to have changed into a wait-a-bit season.