The Archive · 1938

Congratulations

Smirnu returned to his club looking brown and fit after his holiday, "Hello! my dear fellow." said a friend, "you're looking the picture of health."

"That's right," Smith said complacently, "T amed eight stones while I was away."

There was a gasp of unbelief. and then one member said; "But eight stones....why, man, it's impossible."

"Not at all," chuckled Smith, "if you care to look round at our flat one evening I'll introduce you to her. ume a soe toe Rhymed A whiter in the "News Chronicle, referring to the difficulty of finding words to rhyme with "British," quoted the following lines from a Coronation ode by an anonymous ex-Service man:

"Our gracious Sovereign George the Sixth Honoured wherever people mix, Lucky for us we had another Who's just as good if not better than his brother...

The Queen I'm proud to say is British And not at all inclined to be skittish. They will remember this day all their live: And husbands of it will remind their wive:

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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