FEMININE LOGIC.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 12 October 1907, Page 3

FEMININE LOGIC.

"1 see by the paper that the navy department wants four of live big battleships and also a few torpedo boat destroyers," remarked Air Bildad, looking up horn the evening paper. "What is a torpedo boat destroyer?" asked Mrs Bildad, looking up from her knitting. "Why, a torpedo boat destroyer is a destroyer of torpedo boats," said Mr liildad. Did you think it was a newfangled washing machine?" "They build torpedo boats and then build destroyers to destroy them, do they, dear?" "You are getting close to a grasp of the situation," snorted Mr Bildad.

"And when we build a torpedo boat destroyer some other nation will build a destroyer of torpedo boats destroyer ?"

"Yes, that's the idea. And—but wliat on earth are you trying to say?" gasped.Mr Bildad. "Then we will have to build some destroyers of destroyers of torpedo boat destroyers ?" "Look here, Maria, I " "Then the otlier country will build some destroyers to destroy the destroyers we build to destroy the torpedo boat destroyers they build to destroy the torpedo boat destroyers we build to destroy their torpedo boats?" "Good gracious, woman!" howled Mr Bildad. "Do you want to drive me—" "But I just want to know," said Mrs Bildad anxiously. "When the other country builds a destroyer of the destroyers we build to destroy the destroyers .they build to destroy the torpedo boat destroyers that we build to destroy their torpedo boats, then we will have to build some destroyers for the purpose of destroying the destroyers they build to destroy the destroyers that are intended to destroy the destroyers we build to destroy their destroyers of the destroyers we have to build to destroy the destroyers of——"

But Mr Bildad had slammed the front door and was hurrying to catch a car that would take him to the club.

"Men arc so funny," mused Mrs Bildad. "First they find fault with us because we take no interest in public affairs, and then when we try to glean information from them they get mad." —Will 11. Maupin. in The Commoner, (U.S.A.)