"The house is on fire!" cried the tenor. "The audience must be dismissed as quickly as possible." "All right," replied the manager. "Say nothing about the fire. Go on and sing." In order not to lose a legacy of £SOOO left to her by an eccentric aunt, a young lady was, in France, some little time ago, wearing a wedding dress, which, though of fashionable cut, was made of sack-cloth.
It was a curious thing, said the City of London coroner, at an inquest on two watermen a few months ago, that most of the men engaged in occupations on cr near the water were unable, to swim. Sailors were the worst swimmers he knew.
Many a married maa ifl a silent hero.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 23 November 1907, Page 3
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123Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 23 November 1907, Page 3
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