"Hoping that you will endeavour to make this, our first dance, a
bumping success...."
As the Latin gentleman might have said, _Nemo repente fuit Terpsichore_.
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"_Two pigs off their feet had hard work to get to food trough, but
K---- Pig Powders soon put them right._"--_Local Paper._
Set them on their feet again, we conclude.
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"Respectable reserved lady (25), of ability, wishes to meet respectable
keen Business Gentleman, honourable and reserved."--_Advt. in Irish
Paper._
Obviously reserved for one another.
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"A big re-union of all returned men and their dependents is to be held
at the Board of Trade building on New Year's day.... A year ago the
affair was a hug success and the ladies hope for an even better record
this year."--_Manitoba Free Press._
Manitoba is so embracing.
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[Illustration: _Small Boy_ (_indicating highly-powdered lady_). "MUMMY, MAY
I WRITE 'DUST' ON THAT LADY'S BACK?"]
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