Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page 11
... Mother , may I go aeroplane ? " " Yes , my darling Mary . Tie yourself to an anchor chain And don't go near the airy . " -Judge . Harry N. Atwood , the noted aviator , was the guest of honor at a dinner in New York , and on the occasion ...
... Mother , may I go aeroplane ? " " Yes , my darling Mary . Tie yourself to an anchor chain And don't go near the airy . " -Judge . Harry N. Atwood , the noted aviator , was the guest of honor at a dinner in New York , and on the occasion ...
Page 15
... mother , when they were asked the customary question , " How old is the boy ? " After being told the correct age ... mother's thirty - one ! " The late John Bigelow , the patriarch of diplomats and TOASTER'S HANDBOOK 15.
... mother , when they were asked the customary question , " How old is the boy ? " After being told the correct age ... mother's thirty - one ! " The late John Bigelow , the patriarch of diplomats and TOASTER'S HANDBOOK 15.
Page 23
... mother's gardener and I were working on my ap- paratus together a young count joined us one day , and while he watched us work the count boasted of his lineage . " The gardener , after listening a long while , smiled and said : " If you ...
... mother's gardener and I were working on my ap- paratus together a young count joined us one day , and while he watched us work the count boasted of his lineage . " The gardener , after listening a long while , smiled and said : " If you ...
Page 24
... Mother tried to re - establish friendly relations . She told them of the Bible verse , " Let not the sun go down upon your wrath . " " Now , Charlie , " she pleaded , " are you going to let the sun go down on your wrath ? " Charlie ...
... Mother tried to re - establish friendly relations . She told them of the Bible verse , " Let not the sun go down upon your wrath . " " Now , Charlie , " she pleaded , " are you going to let the sun go down on your wrath ? " Charlie ...
Page 35
... and entertain us , or we die ! -Cowper . The author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children . - Disraeli . AUTOMOBILES TEACHER " If a man saves $ 2 a TOASTER'S HANDBOOK 35.
... and entertain us , or we die ! -Cowper . The author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children . - Disraeli . AUTOMOBILES TEACHER " If a man saves $ 2 a TOASTER'S HANDBOOK 35.
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