The puzzled host was soon at ease (he was a clever man), And so, to please his guests, devised this most ingenious plan.
Bobby (just from school)—“Mamma, I’ve got through the promisecue-us examples, an’ I’m into dismal fractures.”
[34.] Find the expense of flooring a circular skating rink 30 feet in diameter at 2s. 3d. per square foot, leaving in the centre a space for a band kiosk in the shape of a regular hexagon, each side of which measures 24 inches.
[35.] Gold can be hammered so thin that a grain will make 56 square inches for leaf gilding. How many such leaves will make an inch thick if the weight of a cubic foot of gold is 12 cwt. 95 lbs.?
School Inspector: “What part of speech is the word “am”?
Smart Cockney Youth: “What? the ‘’am’ what you eat, sir, or the ’am‘ what you is?”