SMILE-RAISERS.

New Zealand Tablet, 30 May 1918, Page 46

SMILE-RAISERS.

Vicar And what were your sensations when you were struck ?” Wounded Tommy: “Well, it was like when the Missis cops ye be’ind the ear with a flatiron, you know.” “A woman evidently lumps all men critters together. I was telling my wife about some of Nero’s nefarious doings.” “And what did she say?” “ ‘ Ain’t men awful! ’ ” Dad,” said little Reginald, “what is a bucketshop? ’ “A bucket-shop, my son,” said the father feelingly, “a bucket-shop is a modern cooperage establishment to which a man takes a barrel and brings back the bung-hole.” The colored preacher was a higher critic and denied all miracles. But, Caleb, how about the Hebrews crossing the Red Sea?” “I’ll ’splain dat. Dey crossed over on solid ice; and next day it was very warm, and de ’Gyptians just broke through de rotten ice.” “But, Caleb, ice does not form so near the equator.” 1 ‘Dat objection is nullin’. In clem days dere was no equator.”