ODDS AND ENDS

New Zealand Tablet, 30 July 1908, Page 38

ODDS AND ENDS

4 You have three pairs , of glasses, professor. ' 4 Yes, I use one to read with, one to see at a distance, and the third to find the other two.'

4 How does your daughter like Chopin ? ' asked the visitor of Mrs. Smithers. ♦ Just splendid ! We had some for dinner to-day. I think it's lovely boiled, don't you?'

A little fellow of six years, hearing his parents talk of wedding cakes, suddenly exclaimed : ' Papa, when I get married, I shan't send you any of my wedding cake. ' Why?' asked the parent. 4 Because, papa, you did not send me any of yours,' was the artless reply.

' I suppose,' said the talkative man, ' a good many of your patrons find it cheaper to move than pay rent.' ' Very likely,' replied the house and land agent, ' and we often find it cheaper to keep them moving rather than make the repairs they ask. for.'