WIT and HUMOUR.
MODERN. " ' " A modern" girl is one who nan nieot the wolf at the floor ami eon in back with a^ftu* coat. ( ,- ' '• ' CLOSE UP. ffUm 'letermiued to'Tti^ yon before I go homp. "/•,', "You leave this hou.-e at nn.ee. " TWO OF A KIND. Muff: My husband bores we to ilo&th.- t iMrs. Stole: My husband Vorr't lis ten, either. 'DEFESTITIOZSr. - ' , The honeymoon is that part of a i girl's life""' which come-* between the^ lipstick and the broomstick, , ■ 1 TRUE BBAVEET. , He: i? to, bo a battle of "wits. She: How bxave of you; Gerald, to go unarmed! . '* ' t- [ - " • * v, - • XOT" DRAPER ATE. " "Veil, do you want a rueal enough Lt> w.ork for it?/* - ' . " 1 "I'm just hungry, ttiadame —not desperate.' 7
■;>.< FOR A GOOD GUBt-; Dear jii^icl, jvh,p lield my heaTrt in. thrall, In this wild,.age _6f dissipation, You stand aloof, untouched by. all* . • - Contamination.>- ~ "■ ■'• • : " . \__- ,:-....-■ ~■■ ■."■. ..■■-.. --*+. ,:j~ : ~-' ■'■■'■. Yourmien, is iiiodest; and..demtire; ■ ; You don't powder ; roiige- or henn£;. ' -You go to dances strailed:: by your ..Dttenna.-' ..'"■";-. .-..'■- -' '• V In this Jazz, age jfoii have no part. All tliiSj, mid more; I 'ye got '.to k Kami ; .;..■■ ■you, y \ '":■;;;' '■'/' '^''~ '■..'''"■'.; ; ' ' Ajnd thai's—Wh^* > not be .frank, 'deai- \ : ■;■■ ' heart—•'" '''^>:-^'" '-y. ".''-"■"::': "' '"■•'' .'Why I crtn/t st^nci -yonl.;, > f ■_' ISX}^'.:^- ■^M'/ti*; VAIN".;;-v '&':?y']:'. ' ■ ';3?pT ' teii years, 'ten long: and • lean \years," cried the writer, "Ivha^e been. -/ writing this; drama, changing • a word ' here.-a line thei<? ; working, on. it/until my' fingers .'were cramped and>aching^, my brain' and 'body ' weary"from ;the ■^oiv^-'';-;.V':':y ;;''-':v;:'-;..:>vo;.':--:;:":.:----v Too bady too bad, 2^ ' the prdd^cer murmuced: ''■''all work^-and no jtlay. 7' c :, 4- BUSMAN'S^HOLipiAY; v * '■ ;:' '.iLook here.'." •faidfthe, nie^djieail •f there 'it nothing the matter with yon. AM you need i^ cheering up. ■ 0o and .onjoy-. yourself Vtit one ;of those -snappy •rn.usical eoin<Mlifs. It will: take ' your . jniiul oil:' I«i.-~iiii.ia~. 17 • ' :■:/ -; . ■■' ' '■} 1 'That's. just .what i% \yon*t. do," inutteredcthe patient-- '<I' am an, ar-ti-:!4i'-^iar'leg^ina^factuTeT.?/ r r'''': r'.-' Tfiß* CO&f : OF %QmNG. .','''■ El^a ;' rHbw ijtocll dp you love me, doa-r? y>' ■■;.'■' '■••■ ■';."■• .'; - j '■'■■'...■ ' '■~: • ;„. ■ ■;'.;." .:;' Chaiios-' "Dou 'you really want t mcm"i,,-;-; .■■ ;■;-■:.•■ V-^ :S:: :.' ." '-■-.'■■'% Ghaxles: ' ' Here?s 'my cheque- jbookj you can. look over the eotmterfoils:'' * ■ ;\. :J. ;..;; ,:■ ['--'JSGONOMY. ■;.;>■./' '['- ' \:' •:'' , t 'G^riro^ity" : l'Did >ydu give jour; wife that little .leetuxe <m cconorav yo« talk ,-edlaboutl^ : ■■/.: ""'■ •" :-.7".:;.:.. . ; ■ ' ,> Domesticity: "Yes." ...'.v .. ' :'.'; : -.Curiosity: *'Aiiy results! '.■'.■ - ''. Domepticityr !.'l fve~ got to'-. givb up ismoking.'- ; ' .'"'V.;-'.. .'■. , ;''■■[!.■:■■;.
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Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 25, 14 November 1929, Page 2
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380WIT and HUMOUR. Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 25, 14 November 1929, Page 2
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