A POUND TO SPEND

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 134, 27 August 1927, Page 27

A POUND TO SPEND

- My birthday had come at last. And among my presents I found a pound note; so the next day I asked mother if l could go to town and spend it. With mother’s consent, a pound note and some coppers, I set out and, in three-quarters of an hour, arrived at my destination. The first shop I came to was a draper's. I bought a blue and grc-y tie for four shillings, a pair of grey gloves for four shillings, and a pair of black stockings for four shillings and sixpence. The tie was for my father, the gloves for mother and the stockings for myself. Going on further I came to a toy shop, where I bought a canoe and a doll for my small brother and sister for six shillings, bringing my expenditure up to eighteen shillings and sixpence. _ . The next shop was a lolly shop, where I bought sixpence worth of jelly beans. As I came out I saw a little girl who looked very poor and hungry, so I darted into : baker's shon and bought half-a-dozen buns, and the same number of hot scones. vviui which the little girl was well pleased. I then hurried home to mother and told her what I had bought. She said I had spent the money wisely and well, and I went to bed, tired but content. —Jean Grant, Epsom (aged 1?).