"To be LET, FURNISHED, cosily FURNISHED COUNTRY HOUSE, offering rest, recuperation, recreation, and the acme of comfort; 10 bedrooms, 2 bath, 4 reception; stabling, garage, billiards, tennis, croquet, miniature rifle range, small golf course, fringed pool, gardens, walks, telephone, radiators, gas; near town and rail; rent £3 3s. weekly, including gardener's wages."—The Devon and Exeter Gazette.
With a lodge, a deer park, and a "revenue of populars," this would be a bargain.
HOW TO TALK TO THE WOUNDED.
Dear Old Lady. "Have you two men been at the Front?"
Soldier. "Bless you, no, Mum. We've just 'ad a bit of a scrap together, to keep fit."