his staff out thin enough to cover more ihan 5 per cent. of them.
Farr Worps sup Farse Promises.
Number One appears smiling and promising. He disappears into the Silence. Repeated messages produce two mild-mannered, much-talking workmen who slant sundry ladders against the walls and dispose brushes and pails about the furniture. They, too, do a fade-out. Eventually two sma) boys appear and start to play with the paraphernalia. You indignantly remonstrate with your own boy who informs you that these children are the skilled workmen who are to redecorate the house. We appeal to the contractor who assures you that these "belong all same ploper but if we wanchee more big he will ecatchee." Apparently he uses the wrong bait, for the same smal] boys carry on intermittently; but by this time we are so fed up with the whole thing that all we want is to have it finished up and our home
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