THE MERRY MUSE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 174, 22 July 1916, Page 17

THE MERRY MUSE.

WHY PEOPLE DBTNK. There's nothing in drinking. There's not a thing to it. '4nd maybe, I'm thinking. That's just why dp It. LOVE AWT> MOHTEY. I never would marry for money. 1 think such conduct is base. If my freedom I sold for the jingle <si gold To a woman 1 thought either ugly or old, Or even if wanting in grace, I should blush to myself, as I ought, At the thought I was bought. I never would marry for money. I'll marry for nothing but love." . If of love I'm possessed I am "6oun(T to be blessed, ■ - — But some moneys not bad, and it must be confessed It's something I am not above. It is little I'm able to show Of the dough: That I know. I never would marry for money, But still if you gave mc a chance. I should not let a pile stand a very great while In my way if a maiden with money should smile. ■■■■ — I should not stick too much, for romance. People never are ugly or old If they've gold. So I'm told. —"Chicago Daily Kews." SINCE PA HAS BOUGHT A UMOUSINE. The neighbours never pass us by unnoticed any more: They've ceased to tilt their noses high the way the- did before.. - We're not looked down on by the Browns or snubbed by Mrs. "Green— There's been a sudden chauge since pa has bought a limousine. lla gets invited out to tea or something every dny. And boys that used to hoot at mc have pleaf.int thinirs to say: The callers come in style and show an interest that's keen In ns and our affairs since pa has bought a limousine. Sis used to sit here lookin' glum, because no beau would call, But now you ought to see them come:— they line up In the hall; Ma used to often fret, but she has learned to be serene. Although we're deep in debt since pa -has bought a limousine. .. .. —"Chicago Becord-Hetaldt* :