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.



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