To the Editor of the "Nonra-Cutxa Daly News"
Sit—Now that the correspon dence' is closed in the matter of Scottish jokes with such satisfactory results to Mr. Donaldson and his friends, allow me to protest against all' the so-called Trish Jokes perpetrated by alleged Jokers. Sir, in the name of all Serious Irishmen (no matter how few they may be!) I forbid you to print any more of the so-called Irish jokes. If you do not heed me, I shall appeal to the well known and influential St, Patrick's Society to see what can be done in the matter. Nor is this all. My wife's sister, as a Hottentot, ap-Beals to your good sense also to remove all jokes and alleged jokes from your esteemed newspaper which "may have an unpleasant bearing upon Hottentot reputation. Furthermore, her husband, who is 4 Jew, would not care to continue subscribing to your paper any longer if so-called jokes with Jews victims are not eliminated. Moreover, his sister-in-law, who is 'a Patagonian threatens to shoot you or, failing that, one or other of your editorial colleagues, for eny mention of her beloved land in your journal unless of a satisfactory nature.
Sir, allow me to make a suggestion. In your anxiety to please everybody, you should print nothing at all but deliver your paper every day al nothing in would be satisfied, for the simple reason that a few blank sheets of paper would be a pleasure to hand-lo, could be, used so satisfactorily as wrapping paper, not to say the convenience of turning these blank sheets into little pads for bridge-scoring of—or—eabaret hits, am, ete
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