CROWD was gathering in the street
hen the Police Officer forced his way
rough and saw an unconscious woman on
ie ground. Willing hands were rendering
-st aid, and the officer, taking the situation
1 at a glance, rushed to the door of a
earby house. “Quick,” he said, “a woman
as fainted. Have you any spirits in the
ouse?” A tumbler half full of whisky was
anded to him.

“Thanks,” he exclaimed with evident
lief, as he swallowed the whisky. “I never
ould bear to see a woman faint.”

\N R.A.F. man in Rhodesia was given
ome biltong to try. He enjoyed it so much
hat he sent a piece to his mother in Eng-
ind. Her reply came in due course: “Dear
fommy, I planted the root you sent me; but
think the Rhodesian climate is best for it.
t just won't grow!”

ADMIRAL Sir Andrew Cunningham was
board his flagship in a Mediterranean port
vhen a cruiser made a sloppy job of tying
ip to her berth.

The cruiser’s captain, dreading the mes
age he knew would come from his com-
nander-in-chief, was relieved, if puzzled,
vhen it was delivered. It consisted of the
ne word, “Good.”

Fifteen minutes later, the captain was in-
errupted in his bath with a supplement
eading, “To previous message please add
he word “God.” *—Boston Globe.

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MOTHER'S DAY

MISS ANNA Jarvis, of Philadelphia, orig’
inated the idea of Mother’s Day in 1906.
It was celebrated by several other United
States cities in May 1910. The State of
Nebraska made it a state flag day in 1913.

The U.S. congress commended the ob-
servance of the day by congress and by the
executive branch of the government. In
1914, congress authorized the president to
designate, by annual proclamation, the sec-
ond Sunday in May as Mother’s Day and
to request the display of the U.S. flag on
government buildings and private homes.
The first national proclamation was issued
by President Wilson on May 9, 1914, set-
ting the day apart for special observance in
honour of the home and motherland. The
object of the day is to recall memories of de-
parted mothers and to brighten the lives of
those who remain. The badge of the day is a
white carnation, but white sweet peas, roses
and snapdragons are also used extensively.
Coloured flowers are worn in honour of
mothers who are still living. The day is ob-
served everywhere in the United States and
Canada.

A DIGNIFIED Briton was taking home a
pair of his wife’s shoes which the shoemaker
had repaired. No wrapping was supplied,
of course, and he was carrying them loose.
A man opposite him on the bus watched him
closely and said as he got out: “Not going to
let her gad about, eh guv’nor?”

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