BY THE WAY.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 945, 15 December 1933, Page 5

BY THE WAY.

Some Collections and Reflections. (BY ONE OF THE BOYS). It is significant that subscriptions are asked for to assist a lecturer on the Douglas Credit System. “ So Dora took the rich old invalid for better or worse?” “No, she took him for w'orse, but he got better.” Burglars have stolen the late Lord Fisher’s war medals. The burglars’ annual sports meeting must be due again. Prehistoric man used his hands for walking. And yet scientists claim to have found his footprints on the sands of time. A case of the wrong finger being amputated has occurred in the Public Hospital. But it was taken from the right hand. j.j ♦.* According to . a visitor, Australian girls are wonderful, but the men are a poor lot. —The men become poor making the girls “ wonderful.” Z'l Zrl There was a young lady of Munich, Whose passion for turkey was unich; “ This adorable bird, I worship,” she purred, As she let out a tuck in her tunich. “Safety First” as a motto for boys is not favoured by the headmaster of Christ's College. Much, of course, depends on whether the safety is the hove* or others’. A father was giving some advice to his son. At the end of the lecture he said: “ Now, my boy, you understand perfectly what I mean?” “Yes,” said the youth. “It boils down to this, doesn't it? If I do well, it's because of heredity; if I fail, it’s my own fault. ,r "