Show MATTER OF MORAL STANDARD Mr Henry Buskirk Woefully Inferior to His Wife Heros a counterfeit halfdollar that somebody worked olt on me said Henry llusklrk r guess Ill give It to you You can put It on tho contrlbu Ion plate at church It you like Henry Im ashamed of yowl exclaimed ex-claimed his wife I dont believe In saying such things oven In jest It seems to mo that youre getting Just perfectly horrible since youvo got to going to the club Saturday nights 1 wish youd give It up I used to bo so proud of you I thought you were ono nnn In a hundred Hut I declare I often find myself wondering now what youre coming to You seem to 1 Rv v 1 i k r 1l r t You mustnt blame the club for my downfall the members are all gentlemen be steadily loweilng your moral standard stand-ard Why cant you keep your eyes open when people give you change You never hear of anybody giving counterfeit halfdollars to mo Wo cant afford to lose money that way Cant you remember where you got It No Probably on some street car But never mind No uso crying over spilled milk Im sorry that Im sinking sink-ing In jour estimation Ill try to do better But you mustnt blame the club for my downfall The members of It are all gentlemen What are you going to do with It With what This counterfeit half dollar Oh Ill throw It awn or keep It ns 1 pockctplecc Just to remind me to look nt my change next time Let me have It Im going to htOP at the butchers on my way homo from Mrs Wappslelghs Tho cashier Is such a stupid thing that Im quite sure shell never notice It Henry whats the matter with you Dont sit thero grinning like a monkey I declare you look sometimes as If you really didnt have good sense Where are you going Excuse me dear Theres the money I think Ill run out and see If I cant raise my moral standard a little Just for practice |