HUMOUR.

Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 136, 10 June 1926, Page 8

HUMOUR.

Fit for a Queen. u No f M said the old man sternly, “1 will nut do it. Never have 1 sold anything else by false representation, and , I w.il not begin now.'' \ For a moment he was silent, and the clerk who stood before him could see that the better nature of his employer was lighting strongly for the right. “No,” said* the old man again. ** 1 will not do it. It is an inferior grade of shoe, and I will never pass it off as anything better. Mark it ** A Shoe Fit a Qi.een,’ and put it in the window. queen doesn’t have to. do much walking.’^ Polite Retort. Newly-promoted Police Sergeant (trying to make an impression): “Wo don’t get these stripes for waiting . about street corners, you know.’ * Cook: “No, sergeant; if you di'l youM look Lke a zebra by now!” j Paralysed Pianos. Mrs. Murphy: * 1 Only think, Mrs.. Brady, that great pianist down our street has practised so hard during the last six months that he has paralysed two fingers \” Mrs. Brady (proudly) ‘‘That’s noth- . a in’. Me daughter Bridget lias prac- \ tised so hard for the last six months i that she’s done in two pianos. Both Ways. “Susan, these windows are a disgrace! The outsides haven’t been louchcd!’ ’ j *• Well, ma’am, I done it for the best. ! I cleaned the inside so you could see out, an’ left the outsides so as the people over the way couldn’t see in.”