The Detroit times., 1911-01-16
Monday. January 10.
LITTLE Boobies PA.

Wife, Pa said to Ma the other mite.
wen he cain hoam with kind of a
crouch. wife. doant think that you
talk the right kind OF care of our
marketing. l think you are a iittel
too much In a hurry to order the meat
a the groceries a then 90 down town
TO matinay, sed Pa.
Oh. indeed. sed Ma, Is that the way
you feel about II. Well, Ma sed. III
that is the way you feel, why doant
you go along = see the whole shop
ping operashun. a will give him
chanst Co see his loving father act
ing as the champeen shopper OF the
family. am suSe. sed Ma, that the
site will be very edifying to me a.
my darling littel son.
II shall be as you say, sed Pa.
WHARF shall we go first. to the grocer
or the butcher? | think we had bet
ter 90 TO the grocer first, sed Ma,
beekaus we owe him moar than We
owe the butcher. q | want you To
prove to me. sed Ma, that you can
talk the grocer out OF charging such
large prices as he charges us now.
Righto, kid. sed Pa TO Ma. IL l can't
talk him out OF his foolish noshuns.
may beat sed noshuns out of his
he'd. SO then we went TO the grocers.
See here, my man. sed Pa, to the
grot CT, this bill Is altogether too
much. | see you have here an item
Round Stake. Two Dollars. No, dear.
sed Ma, you are all mixed up, you
have the butcher bill in yure hand.
Il Is the grocery bill that you are
looking for. Oh, sed Pa, quite so,
see you are charging US ten cents
yard for spagetti, q I want TO tell you
rite here & now that | won't pay
IT, II you want to make 1t one cent
a rod, sed Pa, that Is up to you. All
rite, sed the grocer, ! Will make II
one cent a rod.
Now, wife. sed Pa, as We was on
our way oaver TO the butcher shop,
the only way to find out witch Is the
master is to talk kind OF tough to
them fellows that is regular trades
man peepul. II you are nice to them.
thay always give you kick in the
shins. II you throw out yure chest.
thay are liable to let you run along.
Another thing, sed Pa, you want -
be vary careful of them butchers.
That is why I am going to the butch
er shop with you vile you are going
10 do yure shopping, e. I want You
to notice how / bawl out the butcher
man. | doant want you TO butt In Mt
all. sed Pa, want you TO lissen to
me.
Jest then We calm TO the butcher
shop, C Ma sed to the butcher, ]
want to get a nice Choking for our
Sunday dinner. | want 1t TO be nice
& plump, enuff for six peepul. four OF
them actors, & the other twa myself
q my husband. Well. sed the butcher
to Ma, this choking ought to be big
enuff for four actors, IL Is big Shang-
hi CHECKING. wich weighs eighteen
pounds oven-side. II Is surely big
enuff to feed four actors yure fam
lily.
Wen Ma sed All rite, the butcher
put the choking on the scales. az 1t
had all of it's legs & toes Il its he'd.
The he'd must have weighed ten
pounds. beekaus Pa weighed the chick
ing afterward, wen the he'd & legs was
cut of, thare wasent much meat lett.
Jest minnit, sed Pa, wen the
butcher was throwing the he'd & legs
away, | paid for them frills, az want
that he'd & them legs. am going to
feed the he'd to the janitor. & the
legs to the hall boys. Cum on. cum
on, sed Pa, have paid for the ex-
cess baggage, &c Isam going to git
II. SO the butcher had to wrap up
the he'd & the legs of the choking.
Now, sed Pa, 10 Ma, do you think
YOU know how to shop? Git yure
moneys worth, kid, sed Pa. to Ma,
cit yure moneys worth.