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Crossing River on Reed
The Chinese patriarch, the Bodhidharma Po-Ti Ta-Mo, needing to cross the Yangtse river, stands on a reed which obligingly ferries him over

CROSSING RIVER ON CLOUD
The Buddha, needing to cross the Ganges, summons a little cloud which dutifully ferries him over

Young waif posing for an artist has no knowledge of lunch
A Fact (mores the pity) Artist - " Oh, by the way, have you had your lunch?" Little Waif (posing for the first time) - " Whats that?" Date: 1895

Schoolboy asks other to play cricket with adult terminology
A 13 year-old Senior Schoolboy asks his 12 year-old Junior fellow other to play cricket. " Say, Brown, will you play cricket for us tomorrow? - We re short of a Man!" Date: 1900

A ladys need (or not!) for a man
I ve got a parrot that can swear and a monkey that can smoke cigarettes, what do I want witha young man?. Satire on a ladys need (or lack thereof)

The Wapping Concert
A satire on Madame Mara, a concert singer. She sang at the Handel Commemoration in Westminster Abbey in 1784 and 1785. She had rickets in her childhood - hence Le Genou Inflexible

Ww1 Steam Roller
The French and English look on in despair as the Russian Steam-Roller runs out of steam and ceases to roll

Joshua Halts the Sun
Needing time to pursue and destroy the Gibeonites who had deceived him, Joshua halts the sun in the sky

France and Red Cross
The way France is carrying on these days, she ll soon be needing the Red Cross again !

Girls Sews Doll / Singer
A young lady carries out running repairs on her dolls clothes, without needing to take them off - proof of the versatility of the Singer 66 K6 electric table model

AIR MAIL
Postal services will be revolutionised - flying postmen will collect the mail even from country villages without even needing to make a landing !

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