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Show REVERSED ORDER OF THINGS. Son's Pants Are Conficcated to Fit the Father. State Senator Bernard F. Martin was reminded by the story of The Man in the Street last Sunday about the boy of twelve, with pants marked sixteen, of the following: "I had a constituent, Wiegand by name, a little, thin, wisp of mankind, who was the father of four big girls and one small boy. Wiegand's income in-come was small, and to make ends meet the father's trousers had to be cut down to, it hie" ooy. This work the lad's sisters did.although they did not relish the task. When the boy grew so tall as to have reached the long-trousers stage, the event was celebrated ,by the purchase of a brand new pair with inoney the lad had earned. After awhile the" boy bought another pair for himself. At this period pe-riod his sisters noticed the father', only trousers were shabby, so they confiscated the boy's first long-legged pair and gave them to Wiegand, senior. When the old man appeared in them, one of the girls said to the others: " 'Ain't it nice? We won't have to do any altering for awhile, for Benny's pants will now fit papa.' " New York Times. |
