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Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 42, 12 November 1921, Page 8

The mere possession of a good thing is of no avail unless the possessor is fitted to enjoy it. Tho fox thought it. rare fun whi'ii ho invited tho stork to dinner, to watch his guest’s futile pecking at the contents of shallow plates; hut tho laugh was the other way when, at the stork s return dinner, the fox could not stick his mouth into the narrow-necked jars. The old fable is called to mind by a recent happening in Dunedin (states th. "Star”). The comedy began on a tramcar A lady who had been shopping put her' dress 'basket containing the purchases on the front platform. Hues men who were starting for a wepk-end crib deposited their dress basket in the same place. On alighting t.iey hfted their baskets in a hurry, with the result that an expectant mother was gravely handed a present consisting of fishing tackle and whisky, whilst tho "■eek-enders on cutting tho cord found that they had laid in a stock of baby linen.