Troubled Householder (writing). "THERE IS A SLIGHT LEAKAGE IN ONE OF OUR WATER-PIPES. KINDLY PUT MY NAME DOWN AS A HUMBLE CANDIDATE FOR YOUR ESTEEMED SERVICES."
Another Impending Apology.
From a paragraph about Mr. JOHN BUCHAN:—
"It is said that he writes his novels as a cure for insomnia."—News of the World.
The Censor Abroad.
"When the High Court is sitting, the Resident Magistrate's Court is held in a room about upteen feet long by about upteen feet wide."—East African Standard.
"CURES STOMACH TROUBLE OR MONEY BACK."—Advt. in South African Paper.