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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 7, 19 December 1925, Page 16

Lost Property Have we not all suffered, in our time, from the friend who, when she calls. invariably leaves something behind her? Generally it is her unbrella—about the most annoying of all, for umbrellas are difficult things to send safely through the post, and it is often inconvenient to ourselves to take a journey to restore them. If the erring one calls again for her property, the chances are that she succeeds the second time in leaving her cigarette case behind. Then there is nothing for it but to pack the case, seal it—and pay a registration fee on it. The leave-something-behind woman always resents it if you do not return her propertv immediatelv you discover it. The fault is entirely her own, but she is readv to blame you bitterly if you allow her to_ suffer the lack of her bag or he r book, her parcel or her scarf, one minute longer than is actually necessary. If vou were to direct the blame on to herself for her criminal carelessness in littering your house with her odds and ends, she would regard you as an ill-bred person without any justice in your composition. Accidents will happen, she will declare. But surely there is no necessity tor them to occur so persistently! If you are uise you will take care to enquire tenderly of departing guests whether or not they have collected unbrella s. bags, scarves and cigarette cases; you will even go so far as to enumerate them. That is the only reliable wav of saving yourself a vast amount oi trouble m forwarding !• st property.