["If taxi-cab fares are increased it will put a stop to
tipping."--_Evening Paper_.]
Only really robust men should refuse to tip the taxi-driver. Many a
City man has set out in the morning intent on giving no tips and has
not been heard of afterwards.
To enable timid men to avoid a tip, the police are providing
taxi-drivers with antiseptic mouthpieces, through which their words
may be sterilised.
If the driver insists on a tip do not threaten to take his number.
Just take it and run. If you haven't time for both, just run.
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"ALL-WOOL Black Cashmere Stockings, winter weight. 1/111/2
and 2/6 per yard." _Advt. in Scotch Paper_.
We had always thought hosiery was sold by the foot.
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"On the estate of the late Hon. Lionel Walrond, Uffculme,
Devon, Robert James, 97, is felling for the purpose of
aeroplane construction aspen trees which he helped to
plant 80 years ago."--_The Times_.