Logan Republican | 1908-04-04 | Page 6 | Stick-To-Itiveness

Stlck-Toltlveneas. "About the most hopeless case I ever dealt with," said tho singing teacher, "is a little Jap that's coming to mo to learn to sing. Ho hasn't any voice. He can't oven produce a single tono that wouldn't disgrace tho cat on tho hnck fence. I told him he was wasting his time and his money, but ho still kept on coming. Finally the other dny I said to him: 'My frrend, you are paying mo six dollars a week for thoso two lessons. I'll pay you six dollars a week If you'll go to somo othor teacher.' Knowing thnt tho Japs aro a thrifty race I thought that would fix him. Not at all. This morning, prompt to tho hour, in ho walks. Thoy say that Washington won tho War for Independence bo-cause bo-cause ho didn't know when ho was beaten, It's easy to seo why tho Japs won that last scrao."