As Omar Khayyam said:--

"_A Loaf of Bread_--"

"MONKEY-NUTTO-BRAN"

Contains the whole of the husk.

"_A Flask of Wine_--"

A Wise Host

_PLUMES HIMSELF_

on his

CHÂTEAU VINAIGRETTE.

"_A Book of Verse_--"

"_PURPLE PIFFLE._"

By

PERCIVAL DRIVEL.

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"No submarines were sighted, but the vessel's commander steered a

tortoise course through the danger zone."--_Newfoundland Paper._

Far, far better than turning turtle.

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"Metra laughed and deposited herself bewitchingly among the cushions on

the davenport."--_London Magazine_.

Personally, we prefer a roll on the top of an American desk.

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"By Regulation 35B of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, it is an

offence for any person having found any bomb, or projectile, or any

fragment thereof, or any document, map, &c., which may have been

discharged, dropped, &c., from any hostile aircraft, to forthwith

communicate the fact to a Military Post or to a Police Constable in the

neighbourhood."--_Scotsman_.

Why this mistrust of Scottish policemen?

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