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CHINA MAIL CHRISTMAS SUPPLEMENT

CHRISTMAS

CRACKERS

Nervous Suitor: "It 1 give

you a dollar, will

what

zue?"

you tell me about sister says your

Little Brother: "Make it two. and I'll tell you what dad's going to do to you."

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The husband and wife quarrelled.

had

As they drove along the coun- try road a mule suddenly brayed. "One of your relatives?" ask- ed the husband.

"By marriage," was the reply.

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"What makes wives had-tem- pered? Husbands.

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China Mail

WISHES READERS AND ADVERTISERS

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A Happy Christmas

AND PEACE AND PROSPERITY

IN

Che

Dew Year

Answer To "What Is Wrong With This Paragraph"

In England there was no such day as September 10th, 1753. In 1582. Pope Gregory instituted our present calendar, büt Eng- land did not adopt the new sys- tem until 1753. Then she drop- ped eleven days and changed the beginning of the year from March 25 to January 1 She caught up the time by calling Many September 3rd the 14th. people thought their lives had been shortened by eleven days.

Answer To Sphinx Riddle

Man-First he creeps, on all fours as a baby, then he walks. on two legs, and later in life he walks with a cane.

Answers To Intelligence Test

1. His left arm.

2. The grocery store.

3. A gate.

4. One year.

5. Sixteen.

6. “N.*.

7. Put it in a vessel, cover it

with water and stir thorough-

ly with a stick. The sand which is heavier

to the bottom.

8. 55.

9. Myself.

will settle

"Was he very much cast down after he'd spoken to papa?"

"Yes. Three fights of stairs."

The young man had just pro- posed. "No!" she replied.” “A thousand times no!"

cub it in he "Well, don't retorted, "I only asked

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you once."

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The teacher

was telling his class about the conquests of Alexander the Great. He made the tale a stirring one.

con-

"When Alexander had quered India. he said. "what do you think he did? Do you think he gave a great feast to cele- brate his triumph? No: he sat down and wept."

The children seemed a little disappointed at this childish ex- hibition on the part of the hero. so the teacher continued: "Now, why do you think Alexander wept?"

Up went a little hand. "Well Tommy?"

teacher.

said

the

"Please. Sir." said Tommy. hesitatingly, "perhaps he didn't know the way back."

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"It's no use," said the director to his colleague. "I'll have to get

a new typist."

"Pity."

colleague.

said his "Miss Jones always seemed a nice, obliging sort of girl."

"Oh, she's all that. But, she will keep interrupting me when I'm dictating to ask me how to spell words."

is a

kreat

ex-

"That certainly waste of time.”"

"I don't object to that." plained the director. "but it to have to keep looks so bad saying. I don't, know.""

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"It's sickening the way my wife keeps talking about her first hus- hand."

That's tothing. Mine keeps talking about her next"

What Is Wrong With This Paragraph?

--On September 10. 1753. 3 great disaster occurred in Lon- don. An explosion of an un- known origin blew up, several buildings and killed many peo- ple. During the accident a very strange incident occurred: baby was blown from its cradle and landed on top of a neigh- bouring church.

Answer On This Page.

The Sphinx's Riddle

Was

in the mor- walks on four legs ย

on ning. on two at noon and three at night?

The Theban Sphinx monster sent by Juno to lay waste the neighbourhood of Thebes in Boeotia.

It had the head and bust of a woman, the body of a dog, the tail of a serpent. the wings of a bird. the paws of a lion, and a human voice.

The Sphinx gave a riddle and devoured all who could not ex- plain it.

The riddle was: What animal

Creon, King of Thebes, pro- mised his crown

and sister.. Jocasta. to him who could solve. the puzzle as only then would the Sphinx disappear. Oedipus answered the Sphinx's riddle. and the creature killed itself by dashing its head against a rock. Can you answer the riddle? Answer, On This Page

“BELIEVE IT OR NOT" by Robert L. Ripley

IS THE WORD

SUGAR

THE ONLY WORD IN ENGLISH

IN WHICH "S"AND “U”

COME TOGETHER, AND IS PRONOUNCED "SH" ?

SURE THERE IS

ANOTHER

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"MABUHAY"

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