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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2121, 13 April 1914, Page 5

A young gentleman with a. very : pkia face was rather annoyed because of ■ the stage was obstructed by the hat of.a pretty girl who was sitting in front of him in the gallery. Wishing to got a glimpse of the performance, he plucked up 'courage, and, in a'nervous voice, exclaimed: "Seo here, miss, I.want to leak as well as you." "Oh, do yerf" she replied in a' rich cockney accent,. as she turned round and looked at. Mm. square in the eye. "Then you'd , better run 'omo and change yer face." . A Devonshire' lady once sent to her soil a pair of trousers by book-post-, which is, of course, cheaper than parcel-josfc The postal officials wrote to her:—"Clothes cannot be sent .by book-post. If you will .refer to the Post Ofhce Guide yon will. see under what conditions articles may be sent by book-post." After a few days the lndy replied:—"l nayo looked in the Post Office Guide, and find that articles which are open at both ends- faay be sent by book-post. And if trousers arc not open at- both ends I siiouldliko to know what is." • I I