FLOTSAM & JETSAM

Ladies' Mirror, Volume 3, Issue 4, 1 October 1924, Page 8

FLOTSAM & JETSAM

COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

IT CERTAINLY LOOKED BAD. “Father,” said Nellie, “that bank in which you told me to put my money is in a bad way.” “In a bad way?” returned her father. “Why, my child, that’s one of the strongest banks in the country. What in the world gives you that, idea?” “Well,” said Nellie, “it returned one of my cheques to-day for £5 marked ‘No funds.’ ” o o o The quill habit is certainly with women. Every feminine sitting of the writing-room has now several coloured quills—and many are extra feathery by reason of soft ostrich tendrils attached to them. But some women use quills of a sturdier type. Katharine Tynan, the well-known novelist, writes her charming words with a little, short, sparse white quill. She has a quaint little habit of sometimes scrabbling, right up from the table, both her writing and blotting paper, which she supports with one hand, while she scribbles away for all she is worth with the other.

WISDOM FROM THE WAYSIDE

1 am only disguised as old age. — Sir lan Hamilton. o o o The prevalent cynicism is the greatest enemy of world recovery.— The Archbishop of York. o o o It is not a poet’s business to save a man’s soul, but to make it worth saving. — Miss Lena Ash well. o c o It costs from £4OO to £SOO in hard cash to produce a man. — Sir IT. Joijnson-llicks. ° I never intend to grow old. — Lord Birkenhead. o o o Agriculture is the basis of all life, and for the sake of the nation it must he made to flourish. — Sir Herbert Matthews. o o o Nobody really loves or respects a courtier. — Mr. 11. (i. Wells. o o o I have heard every story ever t01d. .1/ r. Chaunceij M. Depew. And now you can pity our Editor.

If we get more human it doesn’t mean that we shall make less profits. — Mr. Enisle)/ (Bradford). O O O History has shown that enmities are not unappeasable and that friendships are not unestrangeable. — Lord Birkenhead.