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Scanty

CABBAGES AND KINGS

THE

HE man who thinks that the world revolves round him- self may not always be conceited --he may have been celebrating.

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Unfailing

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"What is the best way to stop: a runaway horse?" asks a corres- pondent.

"The modern girl always likes to get a lot for her money,'

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says

A group photo of the Eastern and Royal Scots Football Teams which met in a Charity Match on the Club Grounds last Saturday. ("Mail" photo).

a writer.

Apparently he's never seen one buying a bathing, costumė.

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We Know

"There are two ways of looking at every question," says & writer. Your wife's and the wrong one.

On the Contrary

There is no such thing in civi- lised countries as marriage by capture, says a traveller. There is, however, capture by marriage.

Back it.

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Misleading

A boxer declares that he trains on beer. And not, as might be expected, on punch.

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Musical

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A wife may buy something for

a song; but it is the husband who

provides the notes.

Boss:

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Mistaken

wish you

wouldn't

whistle at your work, Brown.

Office Boy: O.K., sir, I wasn't

working..

Very Particular

The musician who demanded that both of his new shoes should squeak in the same key.

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Now Beat That!

"That last mim I hit was taken to hospital."

"That's nothing. The last man I hit was arrested for flying with- out a licence."

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Economist

Then there was the Scotsman who was told that his wife need- ed sea air. So he bought a her- ring and fanned her with it.

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On the Links

"Swinging a golf club puts new life in a man," says a profession-

al.

A sort of iron tonic.

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Problem

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gardening expert says that

it is a problem to know what to plunt just now. Sow what?

Easy

It is right for a woman to through her husband's pockets?" asks a correspondent.

No, merely futile nowadays.

Well Brought Up

"I couldn't think of touching stolen food," said the - country parson's small daughter, as she read "poached eggs" on the

menu.

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