FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 22, 4 June 1908, Page 38

FAMILY FUN

What letter gives courage to the aged ? B makes the old bold. What will make merchandise of those who are no longer young ? The old are sold by s. What will make aged persons mildew ? M makes the old mold. What will cause old people to double up ? F makes the old fold. By what letter are the aged informed ? The old are told by t. What keeps aged persons from letting go ?" H, because it makes the old hold. - Why shouldn't you talk of - private matters {When out driving ? Because horses carry tales (tails). What must a man be to have military honors at his funeral ? He must be dead. When was Adam married ? On his wedding Eve." Who was Jonah's tutor ? The whale that brought him up. Why is an innkeeper like a multitude of people ? Because he is a host himself. , - Why is a ploughed field like feathered game ? Because it is part ridges. * . ' - If a small boy is called a ' lad,' is it proper to call- a bigger boy a c ladder '.? > Why atfe sheep the most dissipated animals ? Because they gambol all their lives, spen4 most of their time on the turf, many of them "are black legs, and-all are fleeced in the end.' --