"WHILE ROME BURNED."

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 18, 5 March 1915, Page 5 (Supplement)

"WHILE ROME BURNED."

The old gentleman beamed upon the little boy who stood on the crest of the In]! oik' night at t\v : !ight. a happy, contented sniils on his lips. " 1 am very pleased to .see you watching the beautiful red glow of the sooting sun. my little man." he said, patt'r.g the youngster's back. ''Do you watch it every night!''' "Oh. no. sir!'' he said gleefully. That's not the -sun setting. That's our school burning down."'

ALL IS NOT WORTH THAT'S WEIGHTY.

Tho ladv owned a small Glasgow shop, and her knight acquired tho habit of seeing her home, and carrying the cash hay; that contained th? day'.s takings. It was g'.neradly heavy. " Y.iii must be doin' iveel." remarked Iho gentleman, frequently. "Oh. av." the ladv would reply, '-'it's a guid bit bus ness." hut she did not diselos.? that. I>es:dei iho modtrate drawings. thc_ bag contained the counter weights. The canny lover only discovered that fa.-t nit-.v: marriage.

"MTXESELF." "I don't know that there is much use in keeping my school open more than a in mth or two each year," said the German pedagogue. •• \\ iiv is that '?" "Our Kr-neror has simplified matters . •. . ii;li an e-.tent thai when you ask [] w name of the world's greatest poet, ;ainier. musiciaa, tiaveller, or monarch there is oi:l\ cue answer to all the SVn.MITTKD FOll APPROVAL. "Xo! lone ago," says the PostmnsterConeral, " the written explanation nffo.v.l hy a hov .nosonger when there i. ■ : I eon soiue'du-tiirhaiiee in the oi.i, \ V -.... ■:■ iMIMVS ■ - '.'■• Mo -on •.-,• Sv.lih cal'ed me a wooden head, so 1 poured hot tar over let y- .„,,,. ;1 ,,,! p.nvhod him nn the nose. liopin r this «ill meet with yo;:r approval." IT \\'.\< E\'(":n*??ACMNG. [it :< p : ctur'< hne« two met w r; ■ ;:;- "i.en tin in fre - hv ilie mene.gv.onl af four o'clock. Half an h-eir Ta< • r <me e.f tli m hr ; e the ,'■'! 'lice " VVe'i e sen »' til picture ; tin!'. Joint," he said. "We may as well go out."' John, after n minute's thought, repVed—"You can l'.'if you "want to; I'm staying to dinner."'