A rainy-kneed native of Alderney, With hot tea did once badly seald 'a knee:
You'll easily see Which knee was the knee He scalded with tea—it's the balder knee.
Challenge "Come, Freddie," said his mother, "there's thousands of little boys and girls who would be only too glad to eat that spinch."
"fo which Freddie replied: "I bet you everything in the world, mummie, you can't name three of them."
Perpetual Aw American paper tells a story of a guide who was trying to impress an English tourist with the magnificence of the Niagara Falls.
"Millions of gallons a minute," he explained.
"How many in a day?"
Oh, billions and_ billions "Runs all night, too, 1 suppose."
"Snow White" 4
Ir only as evidence of the progress of educa tion, say's a contributor, I record this "spot of bother," which, I am assured, occurred in a Teacher ossing patience): "Oh, come out here, Dopey!"
Angel Child: "Okay, Snow White."
Selle d'Epagnet Haricots blancs et rouges Orange:
Coco-butter took the place of the usual butter for cooking, and was a poor, substitute. Pos tenty will wonder what went into the vol-an-vent, but will undoubtedly shudder at the {dea of "saddle of spaniel." But those were hard times. Horsemeat, which Escoffier said was delicious "when you are in the right condition to appreciate it!" had long since disappeared from the menu, roast donkey had ceased to be the gourmet's delight, while the supply of stewed elephant's trunk had become 2 thing of the past. "Elephant trunk sauce chasseur! Cesar Ritz himself declared of the alley cat "But cat meat! Now there is a Jgourmet's dish! The best ragout of rabbit 1 fever ate was made of alley cat." Those days Ihave Jong gone, and humanity seems to be [devoting itself to saner eating than ever before. Meals are becoming increasingly simple, meat is going into the background, land vegetables salads and fruit playing a predominant part. But why did the French Culinary Association miss fruit from their menu? Is this a new development in the Nothing of Value "Ax let me warn you," said the mistress to her new maid, "when you walt on my guests at table tonight, please don't wear any jewellery.
'Oh, I have nothing valuable, madame,' said the maid, "but thanks for the tip, all the same."
Be of Good Cheer Dept. ertanoens inhabit an island called Iceland, and very nice, too. Iceland is an island inhabited by Icelanders, which has no share in Britain's troubles.
Are you British?
Do you know what is meant by trouble?
Do you, occasionally, get all hot under the collar. designing of it is, local Jhostesses will have to look to it that the fashion is duly followed, while there will be many a diner-out who will notice with regret that the little piece of cheese which rounds lout a man's meal so successfully appears also {to have been relegated to the dark limbo of: forgotten things.
Messrs. David Sassoon & Ca.. Lid, have moved to 49 Szechuen Road, The Ewo Handicap Challenge Cup race will be run on the Shanghai Race Course on November 30, Messrs. Theodore Sopher & Ca. advertise 2 mow of land for sale adjacent to the Country Club, Shanghai.
Experienced Buropean children's nurse, aged 30-35, is required. Must be willing to travel, Box 3167, NCDN.
The ordinary general meeting of the Metropolitan Land Company Limited will be held on
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