HIS PROFESSION
The teacher was giving the school a. little lecture on good conduct. Let me caution you on another point, children,’ she said. ‘ Avoid criticising. Don’t make a practice of finding fault with other people or picking flaws in what they say or do. It is. a very bad habit to form, and will make your own life unhappy.’ ‘ Why, teacher,’ spoke up a little boy, ‘ that’s the way father makes his livin’ !’ . ‘ You surprise me, Georgie. What is your father’s occupation V ‘He’s a proof-reader, ma’am.’ The teacher coughed and then said: ‘Weill, Georgie, I will make an exception in the case of your lather. .
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New Zealand Tablet, 20 November 1913, Page 62
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107HIS PROFESSION New Zealand Tablet, 20 November 1913, Page 62
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