TRY TO SMILE.
Young Wife : ‘Before we were married, George, you never smoked in my presence.’ Young Husband: * I know it, my dear, but yon never wore curl-papers in mine.’
Her Aunt: *My niece is quite a pianist. I suppose she plays a great deal when you call upon her ?’ Putbisfootinit: * Yes, bnt I’ve got used co it, and don’t mind it now.’
Little Boy: * The preacher said there is no marryin’ in heaven.’ Little Girl : ‘Of course not. There wouldn’t be enough men there to go round.’
A Cockney’s Opinion of Niagara.—A Cockney at the Falls of Niagara, when asked how he liked the Falls, replied, ‘ They’re ’andsome—quite so—but they don’t quite hanswer my hexpectations; besides, I got thoroughly vetted, and lost me ’at. I prefer to look at ’em in a hingraving, in ’ot weather, and in the ’ouse.’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIII, Issue V, 4 August 1894, Page 120
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141TRY TO SMILE. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIII, Issue V, 4 August 1894, Page 120
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