SMART OF FATHER.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 23, 27 January 1912, Page 13

SMART OF FATHER.

m A little boy said to his father, "Dad, I want you to get me a good, strong box to save all my pennies in, till I 'have enough to buy a musical box." "My boy," • Eaid the father, "you do credit to my training. Always bo saving and thrifty, and you'll never come to •want. Now, how much have you got?" ''Twopence,'' said his eon. "Very well. Now, you shall have this nice box here hanging on the wall. It is large and Btrong, and will hold plenty of coppers. You might drop those two pennies' in as a beginning." The boy did so, and his tather kissed him and sent him off, with a fond pat on the head, to continue his play. He was well content with himself, for, by his kindly action, he had encouraged thrift in his little boy, and also the two pennies had paid for another instalment' of gas.

A cable message published in Sydney last week stated that " the theatrical world is much surprised at the determination of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree to begin an engagement in one of the London music halls. The famous actor will enter upon his new role op Saturday next, when he will appear in "The Man Who Was," a dramatisation of Mr. Rudyard Kipling's story. Sir Herbert's decision has aroused considerable criticism. His colleagues, Sir George Alexartdor and Sir John Hare, regard the eng»g«ment Aft DBne*Mi tho dignity of 1 a iqeutag of tho nobility, '•'