“ So,” said Tommy’s father, “ yon took dinner at Willie Stout’s house today. I hope when it came to extra helpings you had manners enough to say ‘ No.’ ” ” Yes, sir,” replied Tommy. I said •No ’ several times.” “Ah! you d id) - '” ’‘Yes, sir. Mrs Stout kept askin’ me if I had enough.” Barely one-serenth of the population of the British Empire is composed of white men.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8338, 25 January 1913, Page 9
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65Untitled New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8338, 25 January 1913, Page 9
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