A MODERN SOLOMON'S VIEW.
♦' There is a good story told of the late Baron Solomon de Bothsohild of the Vienna House. His son, who greatly patronised cabs, was in the habit of giving the drivers about five times the amount to whioh they were entitled. One day Baron Solomon hired a esb and tendered the legal fare. " Muoh obliged," said cabby ; " but your son gives us three, four, ilve, and even cix times as muoh." " Ah," said the Baron, "he has a rich father; I haven't 1"
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4665, 12 April 1883, Page 4
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87A MODERN SOLOMON'S VIEW. Star (Christchurch), Issue 4665, 12 April 1883, Page 4
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