THE BOY KNEW HIS BUSINESS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 13, 28 March 1907, Page 37

THE BOY KNEW HIS BUSINESS

Utttle boy,-' exclaimed the portly lady, 'you ought to be > at_ school', instead of trying to work a lift. 1 ' I'm not trying to work it,' was the answer- ; I'm working, it. And if you wish 16 ride,- I shall foe happy to. accommodate you. .So far as any obligation to. be at school is concerned, allow me to remind you that this is a legal holiday, and I am'" exempt trom attendance at . an institution where, lam pleased to say, I am at the -head of my class.' ' You have no business trying to work that lift anyhow.' -/ ' _„ / ' • ' For what reason ? ' • ' Because you are too young to know" anything about it.' ' ' - 1 Madam-, allow me to reassure you.- This lift is worked by hydraulic pressure, the principle relied on being— that water exerts pressure in proportion to the height of a column rather than in proportion to " the diameter. use of this characteristic, water is admitted . into- a cylinder, the pressure being • regulated by the use of valves, and a stable ' equilibrium* being made possible by an ingenious 1 system of counterpoises. I could -go further into the minutiae of this particular machine, which, of course, has its- variations from other models," he added, as she gasped in astonishment ; ' but I . doubt if you could follow the technical terms whose use an accurate description would necessitate. But I wish to assure you that if, after what I have said, you think you know mo re. about thiS'-lift. than I do, you are at perfect liberty to step »in and take its management out -of my -hands.'