Testing Hubby’s Tongue.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XL, Issue 11, 14 March 1908, Page 67

Testing Hubby’s Tongue.

Simeon Ford tells of the sad case of a young married woman who suspected that her husband was indulging in wine. She determined, howeve-, to say nothing till she had confirmed her suspicions. In conversation with her bosom friend, she said she would give anything to discover the truth. The friend mentioned that a man even slightly intoxicated cannot pronounce words of length. This gave the young wife an idea, which she proceeded to put into execution. When the young women met again, the suspicious wife announced that the worst had been ascertained. She burst into tears and took from her hand bag a paper which she handed to her friend. “I gave him this,” she sobbed. The friend read from the list the following words: “Philoprogeuitivencss, dis. proportionableness, pseudaesthesia, phthisis, parachronism, hypochondriasis, photochromy, syncategorematic.” “And,” added the unhappy wife, with a fresh sob, “the wretch missed nearly all of them." ..—-- ' • .