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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 26, 1925
Page
6
A school dialogue exposes a widow who hides a crafty truth about homemade slippers. A wife boasts talent while a man she married bought the items and pretended they were his wife’s handiwork, prompting a classroom joke about widowers and widows.
A romantic scene reveals a proposal about buying a ring amid talk of future sorrow and enduring love. A magazine advertisement nearby promotes Hean's Tonic Nerve Nuts for nerve health and strength, priced 8 shillings per box or six for 17 shillings 3 pence, available at chemists and stores. Cassell's Magazine May issue is advertised with E Phillips Oppenheim's Women of Monte Carlo and assorted stories, priced one shilling, available from bookshops and stalls.
A woman treated for typhoid preparatory to travel stays in bed. An intimate friend visits and a child explains, Mummy is in bed. The minister comments on taking up the coffee section before his sermon, then jokes about preaching on Economy as a vestryman asks why. The dialogue reveals a humorously muddled scene amid church life.
A panic-filled scene unfolds as a couple hides in bed while burglars claim they are upstairs not downstairs. A stage hand delivers lines, and a chaotic exchange reveals misunderstandings about Lady Wrnymtrude and the unfolding farce.
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