THE DRESSMAKER.
Teacher: "If your mother had twenty five yards of staff, and made a dress requiring but eighteen yards, how much would the have left ? " Little Girl : " Mamma can't make her own dresses. She has tried often, and they are always cither too " Teacher : "Suppose she scut it to a dressmaker, how much would the dressmaker send back ? " Little Girl : " Depends on which dressmaker she sent it to. Some wouldn't send back any." Teacher (impatiently) ; " .Suppoeu she sent it to an honest one ? " Little Girl : " Home of the honestest oues cut things to waste, so that there is nevor anything loft, no matter how much you send "em."
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TT18920608.2.45
Bibliographic details
Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1903, 8 June 1892, Page 6
Word Count
109THE DRESSMAKER. Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1903, 8 June 1892, Page 6
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in