SOMETHING TO SHOW.
Men are too ready to assume that women, as they say, know nothing about business. Some women are ignorant of such matters, it is true, but on the other hand some women have quite as much business capacity as their husbands.
‘ Do you mean to tell me, Mrs Billus,’ demanded Mr Billus, angrily, ‘ that you gave a total stranger an order for two pounds’ worth of groceries at prices less than wholesale dealers can buy them, and paid him for the goods in advance ? Didn’t you have sense enough to see that it must be a swindle ? Your money’s gone now, and you’ve nothing to show for it.’ ° ‘ Why, yes, I have,’ said Mrs Billus ; ‘ I have his receipt for it.’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 26, 27 June 1891, Page 114
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124SOMETHING TO SHOW. New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 26, 27 June 1891, Page 114
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