“WHY WORRY.”
DOCTRINE OF HOPE. It is not easy to keep a cheerful spirit in the face of tribulation, but one woman Avhose husband has been out of employment for over tAvo months gave an acquaintance a cheerful greeting the other day. “Why Avorry and get skinny legs?” she said. “Have you struck a double?” asked her acquaintance. “No, I have just raised 8s on my last pair of blankets,” Avas the response—a truthful one. ' - A social worker told a Wanganui Chronicle man that this Avoman had five children and although her husband had been given Arork on the afforestation scheme lie had been able to send her only £1 a Aveek. She had had to take her eldest boy, aged 14 years, away from school to sell papers to keep the home going. Tlieir rent avus 30s a week.
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Shannon News, 2 August 1927, Page 2
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140“WHY WORRY.” Shannon News, 2 August 1927, Page 2
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