AN ENCOURAGING STORY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 666, 17 November 1909, Page 4

AN ENCOURAGING STORY.

-.Those women who aro sometimes conscious that.their,kuowledft6 of bookkeeping is iibt aU that it might be,. and that their household accounts occasionally present aVratfier perplexing, appearance, iutiy bfi cheftred by : th6 following little-story.,published recently in one of the university magazine.** at Homo. It conies, from /pkfoid, '.that '.4?i» meii Vefy > learned iri classic ldTa' cannot iuld \ip. l'hfi same thing, by ■ tho ; way,.'iß ~truo of men diatingaishod ; in .and o&is New ZeAlaiid' girl'at least rindl as much eomfort in the thought that, :th6 lat(>.Xi6rd.'Salisbury could hot do 'lorifr diti-' sion, aesiSe dots in thd -fact .that: li.'L. Stoven- ■ son could-not Spell;: Here is .the story:—'. A certain; bursar on 'making up his account found thtvt it showed a deficiency of over .CISCO. Confident : that it was rneMy eoriic obvious, er-' ■t'or in: the preparation .'.of ha pfoceeded ■to • check)it,but: with j.the - same • result. .'Over and overagain- he -sent, through 5 tile accounts without' discovering, the ftasoiy for. the -defleitj:every .item appeattdrto -be'-.fitriitly ill order, finally he cflnfiued his trouble to the other members of the Senior Common, Room, who, collectively and in turns, checked the account without shaking itß 'integrity', .in tho slightest particular. - Convinced that jthere was sdrno black mystery, One' of thefo, invited a friend who: was an acdountant in; London to spend the week-end irith "him.• ; .Aftfcr dinner on the following Saturday the incomprehensible account was put-before the accouiitint. After ti few minutes'. turned to the members of-tho Senior Commoln Room .who were anxiously 1 awaiting tho result of tho investigation and asked: 'Do you always include tho yeiir of our" Loi'd in the addition "■■■■>■■