... APRIL FOOL April Fool Day is not so popular as it used to be. At one time, however, all sorts of silly jokes were played upon small boys. One that re-appeared every year consisted of sending * k° y bookshop to buy “The Life and Adventures of Eve’s Mother ...

... APRIL FOOL! Sir, —Mr. Devin ha« made Aprd fools the tramwaymen, and no mistake! obtains them 6s. a week increase, and the ...

... APRIL FooL. The April fish, the poisaonsd'Avril, is the ' l French term for what we call an April fool. The custom of sending people on fool's errands on April Ist is probably due to the change of the calendar in France in 1564; but there • Hindu ...

... APRIL FOOL. It was the pier it happened; I was slrclling all aJonc. Wond’nng how folks made their fortunes, wond'ring how make own. When this little kid approached me, and, quite serious, says met* What's that coming in the bar. Bill?’ ami lie pointed ...

... APRIL FOOL!. The let of April, was not allowed to pass without one practical joke being played on the enemy, writes Eye-Witness. An aviator dying deer the Lille Aerodrome dropped a football. hien slowly through the air, and tall d be Qin flurrying ...

... APRIL FOOL! The origin of All Fools’ Day has been hotly disputed by antiquarians without any definite conclusion being reached beyond = conviction that the custom of April fooling hailed from France, where an April *fool” is called a “fish.” The folly ...

... April Fool I,‘XI’LAI.\'IN(‘- that he had 4 made a 30 mile journey to Newmarket (Cambs.) Magistrates’ Court on Monday, thinking that the date was April Ist, Basil John Bird, of 5, Council Houses, Watlon Road, Hockham, Norfolk, told the Cambs, Magistrates ...

... AN APRIL FOOL. Very early the morning of April 1 an old man, notorious for bis irritability, was disturbed by the ringing of his bell. Hastily enveloping bis figure in dressing-gown threw open window and putting out bis head asked some young fellows who ...

... April Fool. Th» a4.pnl fish, tho “poisson d’Avrfl,” tho French terra for what call au ** Apnl - The custom ©ending people on fool’s brands April Ist is probably duo to tho change ol calendar in Franco in 1564; .but there Hindu feast March 51sfc when ...

... April Fool! Imaginary errands and then laugh at them. Very interesting, said father, ladling out the porridge. I wish you'd fetch the newspaper from the hall, Herbert. Uncle Herbert, who was both polite and learned, hastened into the hall. You've ...

... THE APRIL FOOL. The limt of April mynchronises with the first symptoms of moiling spring. Life assumes the garb of hope, vegetation is active, and the romance of sentiment which sweetens the prosaic affairs of the world in strengthened by the geniality ...

... April Fool! Francis. Duke of Lorraine, and his wife owed their lives to the prevalence of All Fools' pranks in France. Imprisoned at Nantes, they =strived to steal away in the disguise peasants. Recognisitig them , a woman pre the al!rT , but threantry ...