him and ask humbly for his verdict thereon, in the expectation of an
explosion of clipped technical jargon, he will stop and study its
outline with great attention, and will eventually inform you, to your
respectful mystification, that it is a "P.-P.-D." Thereafter he will
chuckle most unofficially.

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[Illustration: _Lady_. "WELL, MRS. GUBBINS, WHAT IS THE WEATHER GOING
TO BE TO-DAY?"

_Charwoman_. "OH, I DON'T KNOW, MUM. I'M NOT MUCH OF A WEATHERCOCK."]

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MORE SEX PROBLEMS.

"Wanted, a Blue Bull (Nilgai or Rojh). Apply, stating sex,
age, height and price."--_Pioneer_.

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From a German _communiqué_:--

"On the eastern bank of the Mouse desperate fishing
continues."--_Edinburgh Evening Paper_.

And the Bosch has caught more than he bargained for.

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