IT PAYS IN THE LONG RUN

New Zealand Tablet, 16 January 1913, Page 62

IT PAYS IN THE LONG RUN

Abe Lincoln once asked an easy-going man: ‘ I say, Bill, how is it you seem to have so little trouble in your domestic arrangements and Sam here is always in a stew

‘Well, I’ll tell you, Abe,’ replied Bill. Sam’s trying to do too much. He’sl a-running the farm. He’s a-running the household. He’s a-running the kitchen and the kids, and blamed if he hasn’t got it in his head to run his wife. Now, you know, all that together is too much for one man.’ ‘Well, what’s your system?’ asked Lincoln. ‘ I run the farm and myself, Abe,’ replied Bill, ‘ and I let the missis run the house and herself. It’s hard to be the bully in both places!’