'flio country boy's parents hud just moved into the city, and arrangements were being made for him to attend ft large public school. With fear and trembling he followed his father along the big corridors, where he saw electricians at work. "What are these men doing?" he asked. "Putting in an electric switch, Tommy," was the answer. "Well, I'm going home," exclaimed the boy. "I'm not going to any sshool where they do the licking by. electricity!" ' "What progress docs this girl make in her sewing?" asked the tall and stately patroness of the charity school, as she stopped before the daughter of a longshoreman, and noticed that the pupil had her thread hopelessly entangled. ' 'About forty knots an hour," roguishly replied the girl, as she looked up.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 20, 18 October 1918, Page 5
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128Untitled Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 20, 18 October 1918, Page 5
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