"All work and no pay makes JACK a striking boy."
"All pay and no work makes JACK'S employer go without a shirt."
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During the recent tropical weather, Mrs. R. observed that it was the
only time in her life when she would have given anything "just to have
got a little cold."
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[Illustration: ON HIS HONEYMOON TOO!
_Man with Sand Ponies._ "NOW THEN, MISTER, YOU AN' THE YOUNG LADY, A
PONY APIECE? 'ERE Y'ARE!"
_Snobley (loftily)._ "AW--I'M NOT ACCUSTOMED TO THAT CLASS OF ANIMAL."
_Man (readily)._ "AIN'T YER, SIR? NE' MIND." (_To Boy._) "'ERE, BILL,
LOOK SHARP! GENT'LL HAVE A DONKEY!"]
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"THE BOOK THAT FAILED."
[A publisher writes to _The Author_ to say that, for the first
time in his experience, the writer of a book which was not a
success has sent him an unsolicited cheque to compensate him
for the loss he has sustained by producing it.]