On Keeping Things.

Waipukurau Press, Issue 11, 30 January 1906, Page 2

On Keeping Things.

—o — Women who keep their looks keep their admirers. They also keep a pretty good conceit of themselves; but, as the yeara pass by, they don’t keep their birthdays. In the general way, finding is keeping. This is especially the case with regard to umbrellas. Quite contrary to the usual impression, a number of girls can keep a secret—in circulation. ‘ Keep a thing seven years, and you will .find a use for it,’ says tne proverb. This, axiom, however, does not successfully apply to pheasants, however high one may like one’s game. Keeping chickens in the suburbs frequently implies keeping in hot water with the neighbourhood. To keep a dog when you can scarcely keep the wolf from the door is distinctly not ‘ in keeping.' A coward's courage is a thing that cannot be kept up, while a young man's moustache is a thing that cannot be kept down. The difference between a wise man and a litigious man is that while the first keeps his own counsel, the second keeps the counsel of his opponents—and pays court fees as well-