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Radio Record, 13 May 1938, Page 61

. Skinflint.--"‘Sixpence for that eoat-hanger? Too much! Haven’t you something cheaper?" Shop Assistant.-‘How about a uail, sir? Ba x % "Yes, my brother had very bad luck. Just as hig business wus turning the corner the crash came." "What was his business *'Taxi-driver." % xe % Joan, aged five, was speaking to her father on the telephone for the first time. Ags it was @ little above her reach. her mother tipped the mouthpiece down toward her. "Oh, don’t do that, mummy." she exclaimed, "daddy might fall out." Pa boy " . * ae He: "I prefer the English to the American mode of spelling." She: ‘Indeed !" Ife: "Yes. Take ‘parlour,’ for instanee. Having ‘U’ in it makes oll the difference in the world." & x * "Mary," said the mistress. "the window of your room is so dirty that one cannot see out of it," "Yes, ma’am," replied the maid, "but I always open the window when I want to see eut." ¥ x x Jinks-I think 4 sharp nose usually indicates curiosity. Bowles-And a flattened one may indicate too much. * ae u How can a confectioner hope to sell his wares when a card in his window states: ‘"Ery our eakes. None like them!" Or the butcher who advertises: ‘"Prime sausages. Made for nearly forty years," x "& % "The dentist wasn’t painless. mummy," said little Betty.. "Why, dear, did he hurt you?" asked her mother. "No. But he yelled when Ii bit his finger."