A TOAST
As a little offset to the many toasts proposed by man to woman, here is one which a woman gave when asked to toast the men: “God bless ’em! We halve their joys, double their sorrows, treble tlieir expenses, quadruple their cares, excite their affections, control their property, and outmanoeuvre them in everything. This would be a dreary world without men: in fact, I may say it would not be much of a world without them, anyway. We love ’em, and the precious fellows don’t know it. As husbands they are always convenient, though not always on hand. As beaux they are by no means matchless. They are most agreeable visitors. They are handy at fairs and indispensable at theatres. They are splendid escorts for some other fellow’s wife or sister, and as friends they are better than women. We are ready to cry, or lie, or fly for them: in fact, do anything but die for them.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 29, 27 April 1927, Page 5
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160A TOAST Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 29, 27 April 1927, Page 5
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