BY THE WAY
WHAT SHE NEEDED. Lady of House: No! We don't want no books, nor we don’t want no calendars. We don’t want no nothing. Hawker: What about a grammar? OF COURSE. Ik> (’phoning): “Hallo! That Mary.” She: Yes. “Do you still love mo?” “Yes—who is it?” . GENEROUS. Caller: Will you contribute something to the Old Ladies’ Home? Householder; With pleasure; help yourself to my mother-in-law. quack;, quack ! “A little bird told mo what kind of a lawyer your father was.” “What did he say?” “Cheep, cheep!” “Well, a duck told me what kind of a doctor your old man was.” NOT MUSICAL. “Any callers while I was away?” “Only one. A young man called and 1 tried to sell me an aspidistra, but he went away when I told him the family wasn’t musical.” HOLIDAY AT HOME. Doctor: Your husband must be absolutely quiet. Here is a sleeping draught. Wife: When do I give it to him? Doctor: You don’t, you take it yourself.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1929, Page 8
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166BY THE WAY Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1929, Page 8
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