DOMESTIC FINANCE
"Talk about Napoleon! That fellow Wombat is something of a strategist
himself."
"As to how?"
"Got his salary raised six months ago, and his wife hasn't found it out
yet."--_Washington Herald_.
A Lakewood woman was recently reading to her little boy the story of a
young lad whose father was taken ill and died, after which he set
himself diligently to w
rk to support himself and his mother. When she
had finished her story she said:
"Dear Billy, if your papa were to die, would you work to support your
dear mamma?"
"Naw!" said Billy unexpectedly.
"But why not?"
"Ain't we got a good house to live in?"
"Yes, dearie, but we can't eat the house, you know."
"Ain't there a lot o' stuff in the pantry?"
"Yes, but that won't last forever."
"It'll last till you git another husband, won't it? You're a pretty good
looker, ma!"
Mamma gave up right there.
"I am sending you a thousand kisses," he wrote to his fair young wife
who was spending her first month away from him. Two days later he
received the following telegram: "Kisses received. Landlord refuses to
accept any of them on account." Then he woke up and forwarded a check.
_See also_ Trouble.