The Slate Legislature of Kansas hav» ' been discussing a Bill by which it is pro- - posed to prohibit the wearing of tights >• on the stage or in public places. Tights, ; it is suggested, should be supplanted by skirts reaching not less than four inches . below the kneecap. The word "kneecap" is annarently so offensive to the pro- . motors of'thc Bill that thronshout llm ' document the word "patella" is used. Fines of £20 for each offence, or in do- ' fault two months' imprisonment, are proposed.
Tho old politician lay "speechless' 1 ia bed; . His cold was so bad that ho got no ro poSe. He scarcely could think how to "act," it is said, I To follow tho "ayes," or to run with tho "noes." "That cough I'd 'unseat,' and tho illness 'defeat,' With no 'want of confidence' suro!" And tho "spcaicr," true friend, his health did "amend," .With Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Mr. V.li
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1076, 15 March 1911, Page 5
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154Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1076, 15 March 1911, Page 5
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