Clippings from the Comics.

Manawatu Herald, 27 February 1892, Page 3

Clippings from the Comics.

(From Fun.) Beat of their Line. Why is a circus company which travels by rail likely to give a better performance than one which goes by road ?— Because all the animals and performers are sure to be properly trained. Consideratipn.-^Bobby (who is in no hurry to go. to bed) : Don't you think baby had better be bath'd first, mummy ? Then she won't have a damp towel ,you know ! When a recruiting sergeant succeeds in enlisting a chuckle-headed yokel, is that what Shakspere meant by " making the green one red ?" Why do the Tories object to Free Trade ? Because (they say) it goes against the grain. (From Ally Sloper.) " Are you sure that you love me, John ?" asked a fair girl. " Oh, yes my darling!" replied her lover, " Why do you ask ?" " Why, dear, your letters always seem so cold and business-like." " Oh, that's nothing, my sweet one, You see, in these days, one never knows what is going to happen, and it is just as well to prepare for eventualities, and I don't want to be made to look like a fool when my letters are read in court." " A man," paid the Only Great One, "is always known by the oompany he keeps." Then MeGooseley looked as thoughtful aa a torn cat that's wolfed down its Bkewer by mistake.- "Well, you couldn't be known by ' the company you keep, anyhow." Sloperfrowned. "How so, sir?" "Why, because you never kept company in your life. It always keeps you, for I never saw you stand a drink till — " And then the Dear Old Man had once more to chuck the sob of sensibility behind the shadow of the sausage and mash engine. (From Judy) Tuber-sure I — Why is a potato baked beneath a joint of meat almost certain to fall on the ground?— Because its a gravytater Illustrated by a cut.— Why is a young lover, who engraves his love's initials upon one of the trees at Burnham, like a small vessel run ashore ? Because he's a cutter on the beech. Motto for the disturbed Burglar. — Xjpt and (don't) come again : VfAt the Club.— Gay Bachelor (in the early a.m.) : I say old fellow, you keep pretty hours, for a married Benedict. What do you say to your wife when you get home ? — Benedict (with the suspicion of a twinkle in his eye) : Oh, I say "My dear," and she says the rest.