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He' was visiting California, and remarked tliat the last towii He had striked.ln was.San Jufln. "San Huan; we Californians call It/ gently corrected his friend. - "\Ve. pronounce 1 like "I beg your pardon," .replied the1 traveller, "but i;ve only been here' since Hanudry." ."'.; 'jHE.GOdD OLD ,DAYS. '...-■' The mis'trdss of the liousb was interviewing ■ maiil. "And yoii fell me that j-ou hate had six places in/Six months?1' she said. . "Yos* mum«". replied ..the girl; "It seems as If the; day* of trie gob-d'mistress art .over. QUITE USELESS TO HER* ; Tiic;flapii«r'i brother wa^teaehlrig her io drive a caf.' " ' c •'(: : "Jack/ the complained, "'that little mirror by the side of the windscreen 14.in- the wrong position. I call, only see the traffic that's coming from behind/ ■■ , ' ; STRANGE BUT TRUE. The teacher had ■ been explaining the, moaning of the word coincidence, "Can anyone tell rile 6t a coincidence?" ho asked. ' ■"Yes, sir,": replied dna bright lad. "My mother and father vi-6re both iriarrled on the sams day." ■ TOd BAD. ; they"'were crtts'sttor'd fu^le Enthusiasts. "An animal—three letters," said the first enthusiast. "Surely not emu again?" "Why not?" queried the other.- "Itfe,as good as gnu." iXdEEiJING MbERS. The new maid had been left to take the cake out <5t the overt. "Stick a kftlfe.ld and see If it comes out clean," she was told. "Did you do as I suggested J" .her mistress asked later.;"Yes, muni," was (he reply. "It ,came out beautifully clean, so I stuck'4ll the Others In/ ALL frIE nlFr-EREkCE. I. He was holdirig his left sldi cas: thotigh 111 he "I think I're-gdt appwal-f ems." ••■■-.■' "But the appendix Is on the right," protested his friend. "I know; but I'm left-handed."
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 90, 13 October 1934, Page 20
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281SMILE AWHILE Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 90, 13 October 1934, Page 20
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