• rami ;i»\ .»! w " KIPLIXG FOUND ANOTHER. There are few more popular writers in Britain during a patriotic period like the present than Mr. Rudyard Kipling, and it is interesting to note that his publishers are bringing out a "Service Edition" of some of his works. Mr. Kipling has a very ready wit, and he once had the pleasure of putting down very neatly a certain bumptious individual at a dinner party. The bumptious one was discussing English spelling. "170 you 7<now. Mr. Kipling," he remarked, "that there are only two words in the English language that begin with 'su' that are pronounced as beginning with 'sh?' They are 'sugar' and 'sumach.' " "Are you sure?" asked Kipling quietly, and then the bumptious one was silent. " Is the water you get at your board-ing-houfi© pure?" " No. We frequently find traces of cotieo and other substances in it."
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 14, 19 February 1915, Page 3 (Supplement)
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145Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 14, 19 February 1915, Page 3 (Supplement)
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