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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 1, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 27.

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A Sermonette

By Martha E. Warner

MARTHA E. WARNER
Ten men and one woman were waiting to consult a very busy physician. The lady in the corner reading a magazine was soon forgotten, and the men began to talk freely of their own business affairs.
Strange as it may seem, each man had started his business career on a delivery wagon, but now all were in business for themselves, and as bakers, grocers, and butchers, all confessed to stomach trouble. After comparing diet lists, one man said: “Yes, we are all here for the same trouble; but I know you will agree with me when I say that women are the cause of it. When on the wagon, if you went into a house to take an order, and the woman was making cookies or doughnuts, she insisted on your eating one or two. Then the pie and cake! You couldn’t refuse, for you had to keep them good-natured or lose their trade; but oh, the quantities of these ‘good things’ I have thrown away when out of sight of the house!” The men unanimously agreed with the speaker, and the woman in the corner resolved that she would never again be guilty of assisting any young man in ruining his stomach.
A piece of pie or cake is worth only a few pennies, but these saved will mean dollars for missions. Try it and see.
Clintonville, Conn.