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PICTURES AND THE PICTUREGOER
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CHRISTMAS CRACKEKS
Under the Mistletoe Sin "I suppose you will commit suicide if I refua • yon r
II i: : " That has been my custom.''
Day-sing Granny! GrBANNX (to small hoy at a Christmas part} i : " Why don't you want any dates, darling ? "
l a J don't want to )jo a NoiTnaneot.''
An Xmas Brain-wave. ; Waiter, this knife wouldn't cut butter, and the turkey's as tough as leather."
i. good idea. sir. Strop yer knife on yer turkey, sir.''
A Surprise for Papa.
" What present would you Like on Christmas morning? asked her mot her.
"Oh, 1 should like a present of a nice new little baby brother, but papa isn't to know anything about it.''
A Doubtful Compliment.
LabovBEE (to elderly lady laden with presents as she enters crowded tramcar on Christmas Eve): li 'Ere take my seat, mum. Some coves never stand up for a woman unless she's young and pretty, but 1 ain't particular, I ain't."
Christmas Turkeys in Camp.
• I i l ii >k : " Bill, next time you send
ins a crate of Live turkey. just you
thai thedivfls can't pet Loose. I've
L.'en scouring the neighbourhood for
em and can only find fifteen.''
OedeelT: "'TJsh, Joe! 'u-h. T only -nt yer ten."
A Christmas Box. A little girl lot her pet canary on Christmas morning, and was inconsolable. She was somewhat comforted when lier father gave her an empty cigar-box to bury it in. After :li • ceremo. ly in the garden she grew moi e cheerful, and said. " Mother, won't the gardener, get an awful sell to-morrow when he finds it's a dead canary, and xiot cigars ! "
[Judge.
The Editor's Christinas after the exertion of preparing this number.
Dressing Roam Dialogues. Vi.ii.iri: •' Do you think she will ever"
v anybody ? " Phvi LIS : 'An;!
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GLba.CE; "Thr' man I marry must have common senElai.ni: : •' He wont."
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FlBST BUPEB: " Belle always looks under the' bed to see if a man's there."
• \l' SSFEB: ' Ve-. after first looking at herself in the mirror." » • • •
Charity Begins at Home. "Willie ^pulling a face] : ° No turkey! only l*?ef ! "
Father (sternly): "When 1 was a little boy I was glad to eat dry bread. "
"Willie : ■■You're having a much better time now you're living with u-. aren't you. dad ? "
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1 BROADWEST FILMS
have secured as Leading Lady
Miss Muriel Martin-Harvey,
Daughter of the Famous Actor.
The Broadwest Company is now busy on a big production, in whi;h the following "Stars" appear:— Miss Martin-Harvey, Lily Saxby, Thos. H. Macdonald, George Bellamy, and J. R. Tozer.
"BURNT WINGS"
will be ready before this issue appears.
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MISS MURIFL MARTIN-HARVEY.
Bro;utwe,t Films New Leading Lady.
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