'John,' sho said, • do you think you can efford a new gown for me P' He looked at her sharply. ' Have yon ordered it?' he asked. « Yes.' ' Then,' he said, with a sigh of resignation, * I can afford it* Neighbour: ' Has your baby got over the measles V Mother: ' No, the measles have got all ovrr her.' Belinda: ' How do you treat a stupid man who admires you?' Maud: 'ldo not consider any man stupid who admires me' 'Do you think marriage is a failure, Mr Askin ?' said Miss Elder to a young man she knew to be engaged. ' I haven't got that far yet,' was the candid reply, • but I know that courtship ig a high road i to bankruptcy.' i
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 357, 12 March 1903, Page 2
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122Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 357, 12 March 1903, Page 2
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