NO WONDER SHE WANTED HELPING OUT.
An old lady travelling on the underground railway in London, and finding that the train was approaching a station, addressed herself to a man sitting in the further torner of the compartment, her only fellow passenger, and said : , " Would you tell me, sir, what is the next station?" " Bayswater, madam," was the courteous reply. ' _ . i " Then would you mind, sir, when we arrive, opening the door and helping me to get out ?" " With pleasure," was the cordial assent. " You see," the old lady went on to explain, " I am well on in years and afflicted, and I have to get out slowly and backward, and when the porter sees me getting out he shouts, ' Look alive, ma'am,' and gives me a push from behind — and I've been round the circle twice already !" — Pearson's Weekly.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, 17 September 1898, Page 1
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140NO WONDER SHE WANTED HELPING OUT. Waimate Daily Advertiser, 17 September 1898, Page 1
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