VERY PATRIOTIC

New Zealand Tablet, 12 October 1911, Page 2054

VERY PATRIOTIC

‘ You have a great country/ said an Eglisliman to an American; ‘ I admit it. A grand country, vast in its territory and of boundless resources; but your climate cannot compare with that of England for salubrity.’ ‘ It can’t?’ > ‘ Certainly not.’ * Why, now, our climate is one of the principal things we pride ourselves upon. We have all kinds to suit—frigid, temperate, torrid, and each possessed of salubriousness unequalled anywhere in creation.’ ‘But it is averred that Americans die early.’ Die early?’ t ‘Yes, sir; and especially your business men.’ ‘ And don’t you know the reason ‘ It is to be found in the nature of your ciimate, I presume.’ . ‘ln the nature of our climate? No, sir. ine reason Americans die early is because they know when they’ve got enough. Public-spirited, patriotic, and unselfish, they die early, sir, to make room for the rising generation.’