TOO EXPENSIVE FOR HIM.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 229, 24 November 1916, Page 7 (Supplement)

TOO EXPENSIVE FOR HIM.

The Earl of Aberdeen was some twenty years .ago Governor-General of Canada,* and during his term of office one of his particular delights was to travel about the Dominion and tfhe United States incognito. The Earl loves to tell of a joke on himself no less than on some other victim, and he tells this one with much glee. During one of his trips he was on a Pullman somewhere in the North-West when a raw Westerner went at him for talk. "Stranger in these parts?" said the native for an opening. "Yes, rather." "Pine country, this is. don't you think ?" "Yes. rather.'* "Looking for anything?" "Well, perhaps." "Land, mavlie?" " Perhaps." "How much money have you got tc soend?" "Oh. T can't say exactly, don't you know, but about ten thousand a year." (Tli is is the salary of the GovernorGeneral.) The Westerner threw up his hands in astonishment. " Good gracious, man!' he exelaimed, "if I had as much money as you've got and snored like you do I d hire a private car." NO USE TO HIM. For h ilf an hour the working-class : audience had listened patiently to the ! talented lady who was speaking to them about economical and noariahin^ cookerv. She had talked about eggless puddings and butterless cakes, and now said with a smile: "I will tell you about a splendid soup which <llll be made for next to I nothing. Take the bones left over i from your Sunday joint ■ At that a man in the middle of the ' hall ro>o to his feet with a disgusted I look on his face, and said to his mate: 'Hie. Hill, lots' cot out o' this." I "What's wrong?" asked the other m surprise. "Poit'l you like snup?^ " Ay, I like soup well enough, was the "•'Tumbler's rep! v. "but how many ' hones does she think there are in half j a pound o liver? ' THE SHIRK KH. Mrs. W.: "Now, just look at tlioso tlannels. If anvthing will shrink more from washing I'd like to know what .t Mr. W.: "Our youngest son will, my dear."