Good Designs for Homes

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7847, 8 July 1911, Page 13

Good Designs for Homes

A SERMON '

(A Fishing Village in Wexford.) The fish have left the coast a while ago. Bad luck it is that’s in it, faith! that’s so, 'i For there’s little you can win When you’ll scarcely see a fin. An’ when food is dear to buy and wages low. ’Tis what his Reverence says to ns this day, "Need yous wonder that the fish are ' gone away? ’Twas the sights they saw on shore ' That had scared them more and more. And so hadn’t they a right to swim away? , f " ’Twas the couples that were gaming on the sands. Linking arms they were, maybe, or squeezin’ hands. Now there’s not a herring sprat That could stand the like o’ that, — So they’re seeking for more christianablo lauds. , “But let yous mend your manners now,’’ says he, "Let the lads all walk together decently, 7 ; Let the girls not he so hold, An’ maybe before you're old The fish will thravel back across the sea." / W. M. LETTS. & % » I Regard not much who 1 Is for thee; | or who against thee; but give all i thy thought and care to ’this,’ that | Sted be witli ’ thee, in * everything ? thou doest.—Thomas a’Kempis. i j Jxc ' ixf 3S "My father and'l know everything in the -world,” boasted a small boy to a visitor. "That so ?’’ said the ■ caller. “Where is Asia?’’, ’ After a moments hesitation the youngster answered, “Oh, that’s one of the - things my father knows." Two and One. : , • . Thou hast two ears and but one mouth —■Remember it, I pray! For much there is-that thou must hear. And little say. , . ■ Thou hast two eyes and but one mouth —Ponder and reason well! Full many things thou art to see, And few things tell. Thou hast two hands and but one month —Nature hath rightly done; For she hath given two for work— For eating, one. —From the German of Ruckert. jU .rat No Room “Bertie," said the hospitable hostess at a Sunday school treat, "won’t you eat some more cookies?"■ “I can’t. I’m full!" sighed Bertie. "Well, then, x>ut some in your pockets." “I can’t. They’re full, too," was the regretful answer. ft ft ft

A BOY WITH PLUCK

When William Pitt, at the ago of twenty-one, became a candidate for Parliament, there was a general outcry at the presumption of this youth. Pwo years later when he had become Chancellor of the Exchequer, au opponent in debate taunted him with being an "angry boy.” If Pitt had been afraid of ridicule because of his youth he wouldn't have tried for Parliament, or if he had happened to got a seat he wouid have remained discreetly silent in the presence of Ms elders. But he had pluck and at twenty-four ho was Prime Minister of England. In Pitt’s time England was famous for its conservation and its adherence to tradition. If a boy could break through the crust of eighteenth century England, what couldn’t young fellows expect to do in these new lands oversea? ... ....

THE accompanying plans are those of a thoroughly modern bungalow, containing five rooms and. bath, all on ono floor. Plenty of light and ventilation is provided for, and the rooms, as the plan' shows, arc arranged with a view* to securing tho greatest convenience possible. Tho house, should be erected for about 'jSIOO, exclusive of- drainage, etc. ■