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Show JljOW IT STARTEp 1 I By JEAN NEWTON More Kicks Than Ha'pence KpAN you tell us the or..'i," writes v-' one reader, for the n'd saying. J "you'll get more kicks than ' ha'pence for that?" The significance of the expression of course is a "thnnkless job," "more kicks than ha'pence," mearv'i'! more pain than pleasure. It Is liv.jiiently heard used with reference to neople who do their best but are unappreciated, unappre-ciated, in fact whose ill fortune goes a step further than lack of appreciation in that after doing their best they are actually subjected to blame or abuse. The saying is an old one, the allusion allu-sion being to the treatment of performing perform-ing monkeys, whose reward for their efforts was often "more kicks than ha'pence." . Bell Syndicate. WNU Service, |