WHEN A MAN FAILS IN BUSINESS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14275, 16 August 1910, Page 6

WHEN A MAN FAILS IN BUSINESS.

-Mr Binney failed in business. | One of bis neighbours said—"At ! Another neighbour said: <[ thought , tliey were {ruing it pretty strong for : a man ot ins income. Sill, I didn't ■ like t-u say anything at the time I .A thinl neighbour said: "O. I'm so s.ni-y\ly dear, we must- go over and .give .Mrs l.iiiney our deepest sympathy. 1 in tly.ng to .see bow she is taking ! it." ' One bvother-in-law said: "If he bad nt me that .500' dollars I asked him , lor last year ho d have been that much ahead, anyhow. IMueh good it did him to keep it. Too bad. thomdi of eour.se. ' ; Another brother-in-law said- "S] v oh! .log. Binney. .He's got it salted ;J. ( ;;. ! -y. *' ( )1 " c - , "'" c '''»\- all right. Don't you His butcher said: 'vW. a poor man i.ke me Ji».s to pay ins debts as be goes a ong. -ill tliqfs.iimn, I'm not worrying about the 2!) dollars be owes me/bul I H bet you if I owed anybody 20 dollars -tlic.v < make my life a misery till tnoy £Ot it. ' J i r „v'' S "'x'' S ' JCSt f T" d (to Mrs B; n-' mind.ny^tb^w^rthi^'yo,; 11^^' At a time like this people will talk " ' A friend: "A man must either have

exceptional capital or exceptional abilities nowadays*. Poor Bimiey, as it happens, had neither." A second friend: "Hon- much will he be able to pay? Twenty-live cents on the dollar? How did there come to be so much? Did Binney overlook it?" A third friend: '-Ninety-five per cent, ot business enterprises are unprofitable lucres iiothiiiy like a steadv, wellpaying pusriiun." A knowing acquaintance: "Wise old Binney' Mis daughters: "We must must hold our heads up lugher than over or people will say that we are ashamed." His wife: "He'll be home more now and that is everything " Binney: "Whew! ° Xhank heaven Jt s. over. Now Ive got to hustle and get a job."-Ne,y York "Evening