Page 13 Advertisements Column 4

Evening Star, Issue 23864, 19 April 1941, Page 13

A man who held the belief that after a. youth had attained hi? majority he should be taught, to fend for himself, gave his son a hundred pounds, and told him that henceforth be would have to earn his own living. The young man did no work, but spent a riotous few months abroad, and then found himself almost penniless. His sole desire was to get home, so he decided to send a wire. He found he had money sufficient to pay for only four words, so, after considerable thought, he telegraphed to his father; “ Fatted calf for one! ”