MORE PRESENTS WANTED- . Muriel: “ Are you going to announce your engagement? ” Marjorie: u Gracious, no! Not until after Christmas. It would choke off quite a lot of presents. THE ELEPHANT'S TRUNK. After returning from a Christmas treat a small boy proudly showed his mother an old toy elephant that someone had given him. “But,” said the mother, “it has no tail.” " Yes,” was the reply; “ it’s in his mouth.” An Irish drill sergeant was putting a squad of recruits through their paces. Try as he would ho could not get a straight line. Finally, in exasperation, ho “shouted: ‘ ‘ What’s the matter wid yez? Can’t ye line up? All of yea fall out and take a look at the line you’ve made.!”-
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Evening Star, Issue 20053, 19 December 1928, Page 15
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121Page 15 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Issue 20053, 19 December 1928, Page 15
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