HUMOUR

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 31, 30 October 1937, Page 18

HUMOUR

1 1 a k * v 'Ja firho was a staunch advo- 1 •ate ef sez equality said to the womaa ^ {•itGfcgmext to him at a dinner-party; ( dear lady, I go farther than be* pla'stog m:Woman suffrage. I maintain W^at iaaa aad woman are equal in every . g Satd the woman, sweetly, ytra're boasting!" i #

• At asbasaar in Aberdeen a man was Been prowling from stay. to stall holviing something under his overcoatj Finally, he pnt his burden in the bran tub. "Do you want a penny dipf,, askthe attendant. \ "No' me!" was the replyj **X was» jfasfc giving my xabbit a feed."

} The.manager of a eiriema was interyiewing an applicant for the position jif attendant. After questioning the •man Tegarding his guitability f Or the !job he finally asked: "^Vhat would ;you do in case of £ref " "Oh," said the man,, *'don't worry about me. I'd soon get out."

Kew neighbours moved into the horea# nextdoor,.and Mrs Smith spent j the day watching the .furniture. being : removed'from the van. : "Well," said her husband, when he i returned from business, "I suppose you ; have found out all about the social : fctandiag of the new fdlks; next doo'r? "Not yet," was the xeply. "But they have no car." "No?" . . . , "And they have no wireless, gramophone, or even a piano. I can't'imagino what on earth they have got." "Perhaps they have a bank account. my dear," said her* husband ' quietly.

Two yery corpulent women had been having a heated argument, and were ' parting on anything but f riendly terms. "Anyway," retorted the slightly thinner one, "I can get into a 'phone box and close the door without pressing Button A.*' ^ ® Passing through a village street a recruiting sergeant met a young farmhand delivering milk. "Now, my lad, wouldn't "you like to serve the Kang?" he asked. •'I vrould, mister," xeplied the other, "but l can only let him have a quart at night an' a pint in the morning.'i'- .