Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-03-09 | Page 15 | Didn't Need It

DIDN'T NEED IT It was the anniversary of his young , son's birthday, and the proud father, who felt that he ought to give tho lad something, stepped into a book- sellor's shop. "What kind of a book would you like, sir?? asked the assistant, to whom the other had confided hlB pur-pooo. pur-pooo. "Something that would bo useful and educative." said the father, forgetting for-getting that he always dotested such books In his own boyhood. "Well, hero is a very excellent ono on 'Self-Holp.' " "Self-Help'" cxclamled the father, "Bon don't need anything of that kind. You ought to see him at tho dinner table.