BY THE WAY.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 492, 29 June 1932, Page 5

BY THE WAY.

Some Collections and Reflections. (By ONE OF THE BOYS). In connection with the robbing of a plumber’s shop the police have found a pair of footprints on the premises. Round the Theatres: Min and Bill, after collecting Mother’s Millions, boarded the Shanghai Express with a Lady With a Past. Here they met the Beast of the City, who had come all the way from West of Broadwayafter being pronounced guilty by the Ladies of the Jury. He posed as a Beggar Student and considered not the Honour of the Family; but everything is expected to be all right, After To-morrow. Doris: “Do you get any pleasure out of kissing?” Mabel: “ Oh, more or less, as the face may be.” “ If you want your parrot to talk you should begin by teaching it short words.” “ That's strange. I supposed it would take quicker to pollysyllables.” “ There’s a difference in time, you know, between this country- and Europe,” said a gentleman in New York to a newly-arrived Irishman. “ For instance, your friends in Cork are in bed and fast sleep by this time, while we are enjoying ourselves in the early evening. v “ That’s always the way!” exclaimed Pat. “Ireland niver got justice yit.” /“ Why is the ship going so slowly?” an old lady asked the captain of a liner in the midst of a heavy fog. “ The fog, madam,” the captain answered. “ But it’s quite clear above.” “ Maybe, madam, but we're not going that way unless the boilers bust! ” “ I notice you frequently pick up people and take them to town in your ! c^ r - “ Yes,” said the enterprising citizen. “ I’ve sold quite a number of life insurance policies in that way. A man can t very well refuse to hear what you have to say when he’s getting a free ride.” i