AN UNPROFITABLE LODGER

NZ Truth, Issue 604, 13 January 1917, Page 5

AN UNPROFITABLE LODGER

It is estimated that the National Debts of the belligerents have increased during the war by £ 9,B9o,ooo,ooo:— Monday's cable. "

The poor old woman's sick to death of this, her hostile boarder; JTo reckon up what Mars can eat would beat the State recorder. He eats at morn, he eats at noon, he eats by night and day, And, curious though it may seem to be, the hostess has to pay.

He's not like other boarders, who must part their pay each week, For if they don't they get the "push" and other lodgings seek. This boarder dumps his luggage and his maw begins to fill, While Mrs. Public cooks the food and meekly foots the bid.

It doesn't matter what he eats— this man: destroying glutton, The richest game, the choioest wine, prime Venison or mutton. Why should a boarder mind a bit how much it costs to eat, When Hostess Public finds the cash for all the swill and meat?