“If you want eggs to keep tlioy must be laid in a- cool place,” said a mistress to her servant. “I’ll mention it to the hens at once, ma’am!” replied the domestic.. “John, yon said we’d have to give, up luxuries. and only allow ourselves necessities.” “Yes, my dear.” “But you came home, last night, the lodge- in a taxi-cab; I heard it.” “That —er —that was a necessity, my dear.” He was a temperance lecturer, more remarkable for homeliness of feature than eloquence. “Yes, my dear friends,” he said, “I was young then ; but since that time I have slnmned the glass.” “I believe yer, guv’nor,” shouted a voice from the back: “if I was only half as ugly as vou I should be afraid to ketch sight of me face in a pail of water.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2734, 12 February 1910, Page 3 (Supplement)
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137Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2734, 12 February 1910, Page 3 (Supplement)
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