Tr fs alleged that In the House of Commons, during a debate on Prohibition, 'a Member of ' Parliament asked: "Does the mover of the mo= tion know that during the South African War 50 per cent. of the teetotallers in a famous Scottish reg iment died? You may think this an exaggeration, Mr. Speaker, but I Knew the man who died."
Wesxiy papers receive some very odd inquiries (says a "New Statesman" writer) Not long ago a well-Known dally paper rang up this office to know why there were Kurds in to which the answer obviously for, the same reason that there in milk—they are indigent But this incident does not compete with one that occurred to the "Economist" last month, "We have suid a feminine voice on the "a number of references in the Press to the Law of Supply and Demand. Could you kindly Inform us what this law is and when it was passed?"
Vaudeville Criticism Ptarcome in America ig grim work (says a writer in the "Morning Post.") "Ben Bernie and his lads" have been appeari Itimore theatre, and, according to a. critic "the capacity crowd on hand first show, almost ripped up the hairs in deli-num when Bernie's monicker flashed on the traveller." Further, "when the ork tooted his ether signature song the mob was nearly reduced to rooting in its lis."
This alarming performance was eke stut" throughout. Apart from ork. of 13" the bill included "two warblers and an_acro hoofer," all of them "smackeed." Finally, a certain Pat Kennedy "gave but one tonsilling treat and blasted the mob right out of the back of the barn."
"Tt is Bernie who is the dynamite at the box-office," crooned the critic fas he rose, presumably, from the ruins.
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"And What added to the cruelly and. wickedness of these bad. brothers?" (No answer)
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"The guest picked out a pretty girl, and went through the necessary formula. She responded, and they had several dances.
"Then the doctor arrived, and, to the guest's "surprise, asked his partner whether she would give him 2 dance. She said, "Yes, when I can get rid of this deaf and dumb fellow!
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