"MAKE SCONES!"

Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 962, 12 March 1917, Page 4

"MAKE SCONES!"

A mother was trying to impress upon her little son how much he had to be thankful for. He had always plenty to eat, while little children in some belligerent countries were underfed. There was no fear of a dearth of food in Australia, yet the British Navy had to be on the watch night and day, in calm and in storm, to help the wheat ships to reach British ports in safety, so that the little boys and girls might have bread to eat. "Couldn't they have any bread to eat if the ships didn't bring in the wheat?" asked Jimmie. "No, there would be no bread then,'' replied the mother; "the poor little children would go to bed hungry." .Jimmy pon dered somewhat sadly on the problem for some moments, and then triumphantly exclaimed, "But their mothers could make scones! "