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MANNERS AND MODES FOR THE YOUNG
WHY NOT A JUVENILE DERBY ON THE BROAD WALK?
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THE GREAT SHEIK
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HARRISON'S FARM
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LADY VISITOR: SO THE OTHER CHILDREN HAVE HAD MEASLES. WHAT HAVE YOU HAD, MICHAEL?
MICHAEL (PROUDLY): QUALANTINE
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RATHER PLEASED WITH OUR COMBINED EFFORTS
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JOAN (HER FIRST EXPERIENCE OF THE CORNISH FOAM) JOAN DOESN'T LIKE THE SEA, IT LOOKS SO SOAPY!
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LIZZIE ARRIVED IN A FOUR WHEELER
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SNEAKING AS CLOSE AS I DARED
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STRANDED TRAVELLER (MILES FROM ANYWHERE). 'EXCUSE ME, BUT MY CAR HAS BROKEN DOWN. DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FORDS?'
PASSING MOTORIST. 'AWFULLY SORRY. I'M AFRAID I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT FORD; EXCEPT, OF COURSE, TWO FRIGHTFULLY FUNNY STORIES.'
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SHE FLUNG HER ARMS ABOUT HIS NECK
THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE
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OUR HECTIC HEADLINES.
GRANNY: 'HEY DEAR CHILD, PLEASE BE CAREFUL GOING HOME, I SEE IN A VERY BIG PRINT HERE THAT THERE'S SUCH A LOT OF THIS SWEEP STAKE FEVER ABOUT'
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HINTS FOR MR LANSBURY. AN 'ALL WELCOME' POLO CLUB
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GENIAL VENTRILOQUIST-CONJURER. 'NOW IS THERE ANY SPECIAL TRICK YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO DO, CHILDREN?'
LITTLE WILLIE. 'OH, PLEASE COULD YOU MAKE A WHITE RABBIT COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, WITHOUT MOVING YOUR LIPS, AND PRETEND IT CAME FROM AUNTIE'S?'
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PAMELA: 'HOW'S YOUR WIFE, PETER?'
PETER: 'SHE DIED LAST TUESDAY'
PAMELA: 'ARE YOU SORRY?'
PETER: 'SORRY? OF COURSE I'M SORRY, I LIKED THE WOMAN.'
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JAMES PRESSED SOME FERNS FOR GREAT-AUNT GEORGINA
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SOMETHING FOR UNCLE WHAT'S-HIS-NAME
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BEGINNER'S LUCK
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CHILD OF SHINGLED HOUSE (ATTENDING VISITOR'S TOILET):
"WHAT'S VAT FUNNY FING WHAT'S HANGING FROM YOUR HAIR?"
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TO BRIGHTEN THE MODERN PICTURE-SHOW, COULD NOT PEOPLE BE PERSUADED TO POSE IN FRONT OF THEIR OWN PORTRAITS?
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SMALL SON OF ARTIST (MAKING THE MOST OF PARENTS' TEMPORARY ABSENCE): STILL-LIFE STUDY OF MINE OF ENGINE AND GUARD'S VAN. JUST A POT-BOILER, YOU KNOW.
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SAFETY FIRST
HOW TO DEFEAT MOTOR THIEVES WHEN PARKING YOUR CAR
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GAVE ME A LESSON IN BOXING
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THE GENERAL MAKES A WOOL MAT FOR HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
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THE STORY OF ROBERT AND THE TELEPHONE:
WITH THUMPING HEART POOR ROBERT FLED
BACK TO HIS SAFE AND FRIENDLY BED
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AGE AND YOUTH
SMALL BOY "EH! MISS SMITH WHY DID YOU NEVER MARRY?"
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EMILY EMBROIDERED A SMOKING-CAP FOR THE MAJOR
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AUNT (NOT A RUGBY EXPERT, INDICATING FULL BACK):
"I DON'T THINK MUCH OF HIM, HE SEEMS TO TAKE SO LITTLE INTEREST IN THE FAME AND HASN'T JOINED IN THE PUSHING ONE."
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MILDRED WORKED SLIPPERS FOR THE CURATE
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ELDERLY NOVICE: LET ME SEE-THIS IS THE NINTH. YES-A VERY THICKY ZIG ZAG ONE. IT'S WHAT THEY CALL A GATE-LEGGED HOLE.
YOUNG NOVICE: DON'T YOU MEAN DOG'S-EARED?
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WE ALL LANDED IN THE STREAM
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WHILE HARRY BOLDLY SENT A PAIR OF GLOVES TO VIOLET
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A JOLLY HOUSEHOLD THOUGH RATHER NOISY
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SMALL BOY (TOYING WITH DULL BLANC-MANGE): "PLEASE MAY I HAVE AN ICE INSTEAD OF FINISHING THIS - 'COS I FEEL SICK?"
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SETTLED DOWN TO AN EXCHANGE OF HIGHLY COLOURED BADINAGE
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ETHEL ACTED AS CONJURER
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A JUMPER FOR BROTHER JOHN
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VERY YOUNG PLUTOCRAT (LEFT IN THE CAR WHILE HIS PARENTS PAY A CALL). 'THE PENNY BAZAAR, JOHN.'
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RIDING IS SO POPULAR THAT IT WILL SOON BE A PROBLEM FINDING SUFFICIENT MOUNTS
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOTOR-PRAM AT KENSINGTON
CHRISTENING CUP DAY AY THE ROUND POND TRACK
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WELL SET
(THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA ALSO CELEBRATES ITS SILVER JUBILEE THIS YEAR)
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UNCLE: 'AH! ROBERT, I SEE YOU COLLECT CIGARETTE CARDS.'
ROBERT: 'YES, UNCLE, I DO, BUT FROM PURELY AESTHETIC INTERESTS.'
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THE GREAT FLOWER SHOW; OR, GARDENERS' GRIEF.
MR DUFF COOPER. 'I WISH I COULD GET MINE TO LOOK LIKE SOME OF THE FOREIGN EXHIBITS.'
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THE SUPER-PATRIOT. LORD ROTHERMERE (TO THE BRITISH LION)
'GO AWAY AND HIDE! YOU MUST SEE THAT YOU ARE ONLY ANNOYING THIS KIND GENTLEMAN'
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LONDON LANDSCAPE
RIGID DERRICKS RANKING
ON THE SKY-FALL'S PURPLE CANOPY...
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DISPENSED HOSPITALITY THAT EVENING TO A GLASSY-EYED STIFF-KNEED CIRCLE
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THE ROOM WAS VERY STILL AS I APPROACHED THE BUREAU
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THE MURDER RE-ENACTED
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SET OF TEA-THINGS IN THE TOY-SHOP WINDOW
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AND MADE CAPTURE OF HIM
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BUT ALL THE SAME YOU GIVE THEM A GOOD TALKING
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THEN HE WAS CALLED UPON FOR TRICKS JUGGLING ETC
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I IN MY SUNDAY KNICKERBOCKERS SHE IN HER PINK AND SPANGLES
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THE MUMMERS
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DIG MY GARDEN RIGHT OVER FROM END TO END
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TURNED UPON AND SAVAGELY MALTREATED HIM
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BUT I LINGERED A MOMENT - IN THE STILL FROSTY AIR
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THE COUNCILLOR HAD TO DANCE WITH IT
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GRASSES, TWIGS, AND CONES WE FOUND -
FIRES THEY'LL MAKE TO PLAY AROUND
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RECTORY VISIT
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THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT
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THAT PARTICULAR SMOKE HAS RATHER MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
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THE REAPER
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'THEY'LL NEVER WEAR OUT, MY DEAR,' SHE SAID
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SAID IT WAS NOT HIS DAUGHTER
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