We, on the other hand, are quite sure it wouldn't.

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"'Is it fresh, salt, Danish, or what?' one of the shop assistants
was asked.

'Don't know,' he replied, as he wiped the perspiration from his
brow, and into the heap of butter with his pats."--_Evening
Paper_.

The vogue of margarine is now explained.

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"Servant (general), lady, two gentlemen; no starch."--_Scotsman_.

We are glad to see that mistresses are taking a firm line against the
prevailing stiffness of manners below stairs.

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"Of 9,048 houses in Newport only 5,130 are occupied by one
family."--_The Western Mail_.

If full advantage were taken of the housing accommodation it appears
that Newport would contain almost two nowadays.

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