How She Reformed Him.
Once upon a time there was a "Woman who married a Man to Reform him. And she did. She made him Quit his Evil Ways, and he did not Drink, nor Smoke, nor Swear, nor Stay out at Night*. In fact, he became as Mild as Skim Milk. Now, when this Result was Achieved, the Woman began to Worry. He had lost his Charm for her. She Discovered that she had been more Interested in his Faults than in his Virtues, because after she had Panned him* out he didn't Assay worth Twopence along the Line of Good Qualities. He was simply a Negative Equation.
But the Mul had Some S&ue after al| Ho saw wist was Bothering her, so L< Swore just & Little, and Drank just a Little, and Sinokod occasionally. Then she had the Fun of Reforming him all ovei Again. And she was perfectly Happy, becatiee she could Point with Pride to him ats regular Intervals. Moral— A little Backsliding adds to the* , Interest of the Good Work.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2513, 14 May 1902, Page 71
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175How She Reformed Him. Otago Witness, Issue 2513, 14 May 1902, Page 71
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