Show EVER READY WITH AN EXCUSE seven year old qu akly retorts to papa s remark alice aged 7 has from her birth been taught economy her father never lets a chance slip to remind her not to be extravagant alice knows this and from necessity has learned to be ever ready with an excuse on many occasions the child shows d and reason in her eions for waste etc recently she came into the bouse tor dinner her favorite a sh is boil ed rice provided the rice is floating on melted butter on this occasion rice was one of the dishes on the table being possessed with an appetite not only natural to a girl of her age but accentuated by hours of play in the park she unceremoniously seated herself at the table two large spoonfuls of rice sufficed for her first helping then she scoop ed up a tablespoonful of butter her father watched her make the sauce ahen she began to eat the rice he aid alice butter is worth twenty four cents a pound now the shot missed its mark as the child hastily replied well papa it s w orth it on rice |