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THOUGHTLESS. Magistrate: "The sign said •plainly enough, Slow down to 25 m.p.h.'" Motorist: "But how could I read It at the speed I was going?" "ANONYMOUS" (11).
"UNFORTUNATE." Foreman: "Excuse me, ma'am, but are you' the lady who Is singing?" ■ Lady Vocalist: "I was singing, yes." Foreman: "Well, would you mind not holding that top note so long? My men haTe stopped work twice, thinking It was dinnertime. ' „ ~ "JOAN OF ARC" (13). Brooklyn.
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The two young conspirators made a vow of secrecy, but, sad to say, one ol them broke his vow. "Why did you give away our secret?" demanded the other. "I didn't give it away; I swapped it for another." • « • RIDDLES TO GUESS. Why Is the sun like a good loaf!— Because it always rises and Is always light. Why is the letter P like' a Boman Emperor ?—Because It is near 0 (Nero). What trees, are found growing near the sea?— Beeches.' "DAPHIB DUCK" (11). Newlands.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 7, 9 January 1932, Page 16
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163SMILE AWHILE Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 7, 9 January 1932, Page 16
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