Show Mr W. W t. ft-t. K BOOKKEEPING BOOKKEEPING J t By Berton Braley Braley- t N I said I am lacking in method and system Ill I'll just take a hand at reforming myself f. f t d. d K Ill I'll keep close a account count of disbursements and list em em i- i And know where I stand in the matter of pelf 0 d h tf So I bought me a nice DIce little red memorandum ft 1 Av And noted each item of spending and when v. v They wouldn't quite balance the way 1 I had planned em I 1 had to pu put putdown t down down 5 Miscellaneous 1 Tb 10 t I i z a For maybe a week my attention was centered On keeping the figures exceedingly straight exceedingly straight S' S i The second week items that should have been entered I 1 failed to put down till tilt a little too late max And hen hence e at the end of the week Id I'd forgotten v A number of things You will readily see I had to set forth forth for for my memory's rotten rotten rotten- S S This note r y 4 Miscellaneous And now after months Im I'm about to abandon t s. s v My little account book it isn't much use use For all the methodical stunts I 1 had planned on onar ar Have almost gone gon to the deuce de ce u- u I I thought Id I'd be careful and cautious and thrifty But I find this accounting a terrible bore And last week my book showed showed showed-my my salary's fifty fifty fifty- This note i h Miscellaneous y t k |