SOME JOKES

Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 March 1916, Page 3

SOME JOKES

Mr J. iSnifl'er is a candidate for the position of garibage inspector in Puuxfciitawnay, Pa. Votiuig writpr : Wlint magazine w11! yivo me the highest position quickly? ' Literary v friend : A ■ powdk-r magazine, il you send in a fiery article. Tlie shades of night were fivlliiig-'fast As through the city swilTty passed A jiiuin who bore 'mid storm and stress This charming hit of cheerfulness :— "..vTbrc ram!" 'Huibiby : "Hullo, anoCTfer naval fiigagement reported." Wife: ".Really!" Hu'bbj r : "Yes; the captain lias become engayed to the rear-admiral's daughter! ,. Ad a picture-house tlie other day a picture was shown entitled— "As God Made It." Immediately following the projection of tlie title on the screen eaine the flash:— ■'Approved by t>he Uoai-d of Censors. "Wliere- is you new HatP" "In Oxford-street." "But won't the 'buses bother you?" "fl'he landlord says they won't bother us after the first few nights, and you know ,we can spend the first ftw nights at mother's. , ' At a reception in Paris a traveller, who was a. strong "'anti-Semite," wars talking to a Kothschild on the beau/ties of the Island of Tahiti, and sarcastically remarked :-^— "Theiro are neither hofj; s ncr Jews there!" "Indeed, , retoi-ted the Rotli.scliilcl "Then you flnrl I should K<" there together. We should be great curiosities. '• , During a recitation in natural history a teacher asked :-- "Can anyone tell me where dhe homo of the swallow is?" There was n lonji silence. Finally, one lad lose and offered this response : "The home of the swa'lflW- is in rho stunimick."