Puxcruation is a bugbear in the English language, as witness the story of the young minister who, at the church social, shyly and hurriedly announced:
"Miss B—. our young and talented soprano, will now sing, "Tuck Me In My Little Wooden, Bed," accompanied by the organist."
Account Paid 'A West of England furnishing frm whose premises were destroyed by enemy action, circularized their suppliers for copies of onl Standing accounts against the fern.
From one, a small firm of handcraft workers, came the following reply, which the frm ts to frame:
"Tam Indeed sorry you have been a victim senseless destruction.
without wishing in any way to be chant. able, Iam sending you an Invoice receipted the amount of my account, feel that, as Englishmen, we should, as far_as we are able, help to shoulder each other's misfortunes, and I desire you to con sider the account paid."
Here and There "Has that hula dancer been throw! weight round since she became popular?
"No, but it was throwing if round that made her popular.
"Sandy needs a blood transfusion, and his wife is looking for a Scotsman to do it."
"Why does the donor have to be Scoich?"
"She's afraid Sandy might wake up with a desire to pay for Finst Man: I've heard of a woman dressing rabbit, but can you imagine a rabbit dressing a woman?
Second. Ditto: It's impossible.
First Man: Is it? How about that mink coat your wife is wearing?
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.