THE WEEK-END AND THE EXHAUSTED MIDDLE.
"A Christmas Tree Entertainment will be held in Pelican Lake schoolhouse on Tuesday, Dec. 23. Everybody welcome, no admission."—Vermilion Standard (Alberta. No relation to The Sporting Times).
You are at perfect liberty to hang about outside.
"No one can deny that it is essential London should have a thoroughly equipped shin hospital."—Advt. in "Sphere."
No footballer, anyhow.
From a General Knowledge (sic) Examination.
The Cat and Mouse Act is an Act by which a cat may not kill a mouse unless when necessary.
The Apocalypse is an ailment one has apolcalyptic fits.
Sea-legs are when you don't have legs but a tail.
The All Red Route is the human throat or swallow.
Ten instruments for an orchestra are banjo, pianola, concertina, mandoline, psalteries, shawms, bagpipes, bells to clash with, violins, and bassinette.
To die in harness means to die married.