Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1915-11-19 | Page 6 | Husband's Sacrifice

Husband's Sacrifice. Elihu Root was discussing in New ork the reteut constitutional convention. conven-tion. "But there was one group." he said "happily it saw reason later on but one group there was which had about as true an idea of self-sacrifice as Smith. "Smith's wife said to him one evening, eve-ning, anxiously: " T know, John, dear, this high cost of living is terrible, but do you really think we can g-.-t along without a servant?" ser-vant?" " 'We'll have to." Smith answered, firmly, 'unless L get a raise. Why, hang it, if the worst comes to the worst you cm do the cooking for yourself your-self and I can get my meals at a restaurant.' res-taurant.' "