The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-11-25
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Reasons Given seriatirn.s
"That Is. we will coniine ourseIf to
the -four question. You nre asking
why haven't bought 1t by the lmrrel
instead Of the sack will answer:
"Firstly. you might have broken a
rib.
Secondly, the wife who dives into
-four barrel naturally uses more than
the one who dives in:o sack-a ques.
tion of domestic economy. you see.
Thirdly. in buying by the barrel you
have to pay for the barrel. which Is no
good to you.
"Fourthly. the neighbors can't tell In
this age of deception whether the bar.
rel contains sawdust or -four. so moth.
ing is gained In the way of prestige.
"Fifthly. in case the house burns up
you lose barrel insteud of a sack.
"Sixthls. mice will get into n barrel
where they won't get into saek, and
the same with bugs.
"Seventhly"-
rs she turned her head away in de-
spair.
Must Defend Himself.
"But we can't my dear" he an
5wered. ~ have been charged with the
helnous offense of buying Hour by the
sack instead of the barrel. You are the
Jury to hear the case. | must go on:
"Seventhly. now and then borrow
dollar or so of neighbor to help me
out of a pinch. don't always pay 1t
back with promptness and dispatch.
II he secs a twenty-five pound sack of
-four come here he knows nm still
hard up. If he sees barrel of -four
be will wait on the corner to dun me.
thinking | am on Easy street again.
You cannot fail 10 see that there Is a
business point to II.
"Eighthly. there Is q vast difference
In going into n grocery and ordering
barrel of -four and small sack. When
your credit is little shaky and you
say barrel the grocer gets jar When
you say sack he takes chances"
"And I've married Il man who can't
pay for Il barrel of -FOUR" exclaimed
Mrs. Perkins.
Capitalists In Straits.
mot at all. my dear. You have mar.
rled man whose capital is some.
times temporarily tied up There are
times when Mr.. Rockefeller has to run
his face for n bunch of shingles 10
repair the roof of the smokehouse
Capital comes and goes. you under
stand. Some days a capitalist has
millions at his commando; again he has
to beat the street car. will now
| resume:
"Ninthly. between the time you buy
a twenty-five pound sack of -four and
use 1t up there can be no great ad.
vance or decline in the price, but when
you buy whole barrel you may find
| yourself as much as dollar the loser.
| A dollar isn't much to lose Mt one time,
but suppose we 20 on and buy thou
sand barrels of four and lose each
time?
"Tenthly"-
"And you call this phllosophyw said
| Mrs. PERKINS as She rose up.
Ono Reason Is Wasted.
"The jury will please keep quiet"
he answered. ~ am ON trial and maxi
Ing my defense As was about to
say:
"Tenthly. -four kept in n barrel is
bound to deteriorate. II must lose
more or less of It's nutritlve qualities.
If iishbones. crumbs and soup bones.
| tack hammers. nails. broken glass
and other things are spilled into It.
II becomes source of danger. Mrs.
Perkins suppose | am eating hot
biscuit spread with clover honey
such a thing Is not likely 10 happen.
but suppose 1t does-and swallow n
| can opener that was dropped into the
| flour barrel What is the can opener
| going TO do with me? What effect Is
1t going TO have on my system? Sup
pose 1t Is tack hammer instead
| Suppose IL is your back comb. Don't
answer me impetuously and without
due thought. but take half IN hour 10
think over It, When you have an
swered we will take up cleventhly."
Then III never answer exclaimed
Mrs. II. as she fiounccd out of the room
Gone" sighed Mr.. Perkins as he
looked after her. Gone, aud she will
never know that
"Eleventhly. | must reduce the sacks
TO ten pounds after this. owing 10 my
capital being tied up in codtish"'