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HUMOUR:

ANCIENT AND MODERN.

We have a faint recollection of having heard somebody predict Lindbergh would do less flying after he was married-

But, then, of course, they may have meant alone,

Husband (reading): This-paper- anys that the greatness of a father often proves a stumbling-bluck to the advancement of his children." Wife: "Well, thank goodness, our children will never be bandi epped in that way."

Tommy (who has just received a severe scolding,): Am I really so naughty, mamma?"

Mother: "Yes, Tommy, you are.) a very bad boy."

"Well anyhow, mamma. I think you ought to be glad I ain't twins"

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Your work bears the closest kind of inspretion," remarked the girl with the dimple. What infinite pains you must take with it."!

Perhapa," replied the artist: but do you know, I enjoy the pains,"

"Then." she rejoined, with a bright smile, "you, too, pursue art for art's ache,"

The little girl was crying, Her mother, to distract her thoughts, called:

"Oh, come here, darling-one hera and look at the airplane,"

The little girl ran to the window and stared up at the airplane till it disappeared. Then she got out her little wet handkerchief again.

Mamma, what was I crying about?" she asked.

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The reporter was sent to write up a charity ball. His copy came in late and it was careless, The editor reproved him the next day by quoting an extract:

Lonk here, Scribler, what do you mean by this: Among the most beautiful girls was Robert MeNair Steele' Steele isn't a girl. He's one of our principal share- holders."

I can't help that," returned The realistic reporter, "that's where he was."

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Proprietor (talking to ulerical force): "And remember, above all, that the customer is always right!"

Cautions Salesman: "Yes, but I had quite a job this morning try- customer ing to straighten out a who insisted that be was wrong."

A teacher, trying-to-impress upon. her pupils the importance of doing right

all times, enquired: What is it that we find so easy to get into and so hard to get out of

There was silence for a moment and then one little fellow answer. ed. "Bet."

I went out west in '89," said the New Yorker.

How ur d'yu git 1" queried the

miner.

"Buffalo," said the New Yorker, "I went cast th' same year," said the miner. "Went as fur's Butte, Nearly ran into each Montana other, didn't we?"

A golfing husband was entertain- ing a friend. They were left al- one talking for some time after dinner. Then the wife entered the dining room to hear her husband pass some remark about "hule in one"

My goodness," she said. "Aro

till talking about golf

"No, dear," said her husband, with a smile: "we're talking about socks:

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In their adolescent years the chil dren of John D. Rockefeller Jr. were kept in ignorance of the fami- ly's wealth, says John K. Winkler in his biography of the Standard Oil founder. When 13, John D. 3d was amusing himself with an cld. dilapidated rowboat on his father's place at Seal Harbor, Me. neighbour's boy hapenned .A along and turned up his nose. "Huh," he ejaculated, "why don't you get a motorboat?"

John D. 3d regarded the other with unfeigned astonishment. “A motorboat!" he exclaimed, "Who do you think we are--the Vander- bilts?"

CROSSWORD "PUZZLE.

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Horizontal.

1.-To gush.

6.-Custom.

11. To declare.

13.-Calm.

14-Musical note..

15.--Scent.

17.-Masculine pronoun.

13. Cloth measuro,

40.-Appendages,

91.-Jewel.

22. Self-satisfied.

24. To bother:

23.-Vehicles

28.-Inclines.

28.-Uncovered.

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30.-Final.

31-Mentally right. 32-Clubbed.

34.Tasks.

36.--A rodent, 34.-Love god. 38.--Some. 30.-Sounds.

41.-The sun:

42-Within.

43-Rhythmical movement.

45.--Proncun.

46.-Fruit of bean family.

48.--Blackened.

50.-Shop.

31.-Warts.

Vertical.

1. Strong boxES,

2-Sacred poems.

3.-Pronoun.

4. Corded eloth.

5.-Allowance for watc.

6-Borders,

7-Part of to, he.

8,-Part of to be.

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93. Social rank.

27--Born

28.-Winged mammal.

30.---Dormant.

31.--Pocm. 32.-Poison.

33.-Condensed.

34.--Prisons.

35. Was carried.

87-Winter vehicles.

30.-Domesticated.

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40-To look over carefully.

13.-Dog.

41,--Before.

17--Boxing match.,

49.-Prefix again.

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SNAPSHOTS OF A FATHER CALLING JUNIOR IN By GLUYAS WILLIAMS'

MUTTERS. IT'S TIME THAT BOY CAME IN AND GOES TO FRONT DOOR CALLING "JUNIOR!

FEELS THAT IF HE KEEPS ON HE'LL HAVE THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUSED, AND

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WAITS, REPEATING. CALL AT INTERVALS AND PEERING UP AND DOWN STREET.

THE DIMMICKS DOG IMMEDIATELY RESPONDS AND COMES BOUNDING OVER.

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ADVANCES TO EDGE OF SIDEWALK AND SHOUTS"JUNIOR?". 'MORE LUSTILY,

HEARS THE DIMMICKS "CALLING THEIR DOG, AND FEELS THAT HE HAS TO TAKE DOG HOME.

HEARS SEVERAL WOMEN SHOUT TO HUSBANDS OUT IN BACK YARDS WERE THEY CALLING AND WHAT DO THEY WANT.

"RETURNS AT LAST TO FIND THAT JUNIOR HAS] BEEN DOWN IN THE CELLAR ALL THE TIME WORKING ON HIS AIRPLANE

SUYAS WILLARK

SPORT AND ATHLETICS.

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CHAMPIONSHIP FOR

PENDLETON.

TWELVE OUT OF FIFTEEN,

the

No fewer than twelve of the mem- The Ashton-under-Lyne Swim-bers of the Manchester side have ming Club held their annual gala been selected to play in county when the principal event was the trials for either Lancashire or 100 yards Northern Counties A.S.A. | Cheshire this year, and as there junior free style championship for are five Lancashire county "games which there were 13 entries, but within

next six weeks there was disappointment when it the Manchester A team will was found that no fewer than six were absentees. The finalists were:-E. B. Pendleton (Harpur hey), holder: V. G. Barker (Colne); J. Shawcross (South Manchester); and F. Pemberton (Stretford), who qualified as the fastest loser. The four got away to

have many calls on their players to replace the county men from the senior side.

New Brighton have

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hopes of opening their home sea sen by beating the much weakened Manchester team. After a drawn game with the Old Birkonians and a good start, heavy defents from Birkenhead Pendleton immediately making, Park, Sale, and 'Otley--all four headway, to lend at the first length matches were away from home by three yards, with the remainder they played a surprisingly fine practically in line. At the second Kane turn the holder had 'six' yards in hand and the result was --1, E. B. Pendleton (min. 3sec.; V. G. Barker (min. 8 2-5sec.); 3. F. Pen berton (min.. 9 3-5sec.). The Har purhey swimmer is thus the first success, and the general back to win all the Northern Counties play showed a very great all-round

improvement later. The team "was' minor championships in one year, strengthened by the return of G. E having already secured the back Cain to the full-back position and stroke and breast-stroke titles. In of J. Prece to scrummage half-hack, the race for the 100 yards Borough the inclusion of these two players championship for the cup present for E. Marshall and H. Campbell ed by the Ashton Co-operative bring the only changes. Wholesale Society, J. E. Laycock,

the holder, was hard pressed by F. Laycock, but retained the trophy

al Blackburn and by 20 points to 3. They are still without Dr. Wallace, formerly of the Heriotoniuns, who was badly hurt in the match with Birkenhead Park, but H. Hagman is filling the centre-three-quarter position with

by a yard victory ip Imia, dire, | the Ernest Noakes Cup lisa W. with H. Howard third. In the 100 Fielding was first, followed by yards women's championship for Miss E. Garside and Miss D. Ai-

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NEW SCHOOL YEAR on" TUESDAY, JED TRANCE EXAMINATION for NEW DECEMBER. There will be An EN.

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In their first championship season Middlesex. match of the winners of the title last season, gained a victory at Richmond by a goal and three tries to a penalty goal and two tries. not produce much good-class foot- ball, the backs failing to take their passes accurately, with the general effect that most of the play was serambling. Middlesex showed great superiority at hali-back, where Powell and Spong were re sponsible for the setting up of many attacks. The centre three- quarters often ran straight, but generally held the ball too long. Eastern Counties showed the same weaknesses without being such flagrant offenders, because they had less of the ball. Middlesex were a man short nearly all the game, King Turner damaging a knee 3000 after the start. Jones and Thomas in turn played full-back, but the seven forwards, Jed by Wakefield, more than held their own. Eastern Counties also were a man short for about half an hour.

FAVOURABLE BALANCE.

At the annual general meeting of the Surrey County Rugby Football Union the statement of accounts showed a balance in band of £178, the profit on the season's working being £71.

THE WOMAN'S CORNER.

CLEVER MOTHERS "VAMP

THEIR CHILDREN.

About four o'clock one afternoon I visited a married friend of mine who is the proud mother of three charming children. It was rather a misérable day.

"Huw sweet of you!" she cried "I was just wishing for some one to chat to. Sit down, won't you, and look over this pile of magazi- nes while I run up to drees. I won't be long."

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cussing, mothers with their school chums?

"What a splendid and original pains to dress for their especial iden " I exclaimed encouraging-benefit, must have been pleasing to them. Can you not hear them. "Well, you see, it's like this," | praising her to the skies when dis she, continued. "I don't want my children to think of me as just mo- ther, a useful piece of furniture to have about the house and not much more interesting than the side board--some one who makes life comfortable and easy for them, and helps with lessons when they are difficult.

"I would like them to think of me as the most, or almost the most, beautiful person they know. That may be a little conceit of mine, or it may only be cowardice; but, whatever you like to call it, I can't help noticing that lots of women lose their children's love and in- tefeet, and I'm sure it is their own fault nine times out of ten don't intend to make the same mis-, take if I can help it.”

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I could see the point she was trying to make, and protested no Please don't trouble to dress more. Ten minutes later she re- for me Agnes," I protested. You turned her hair re-done, and a are quite all right as you aặc.

When, charming blue dress on. "My dear!" she returned, I shortly afterwards, the children simply couldn't afford to do that. came in, I had an opportunity to The children will be in shortly from prove the truth of her statements: school."

"Oh, mummy, you look serump- tious" said the elder boy.

That dress is lovely, "mumsy," said the girl."

Really, it is a splendid idea, and one I have thought about quite a lot since. Children take such a pride in mother that it seems a nity ever to appear at all common- place to them even at the risk of getting a spot on a nice frock. Are not the children much more import ant than frocks 1 it

When mother has grown old; and her children have homes and little ones of their own, it will be nice to hear them say with enthusiasm and loving pride, "My mother has al- ways been the loveliest woman I ever knew." "Vumping" the chil- dren may be tiresome at times, but it pays in the long run.

DO YOU KNOW?

It is always safer to keep.... separate frying pans for fish and ment.

But i forsome reason you bave to use the 'pan for fish and then require it for ment the !fishiness"

tan be removed quickly by sprinkling salt over the pan and then wiping it out with a damp

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"Yes, dear. I like to look pretty as I can for them. You see, I-I-kind of vamp them," she stammered, a self-conscious flush bing her horse cloth. Afterwardmatinn on all subjects at enquiry

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