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Description: page 19 In: Rotary Club of Manila. The Rotary Balita No. 624 to 649Summary: The old-age pensions officer was questioning an elderly woman with a zeal worthy of a nobler cause. "And now," he said, "we come to two important questions: Have you ever been in receipt of parish relief?" "Never!" answered the woman. The officer turned to the last question on the list. "Tell me," he said, "have you ever been in the hands of the police?" Shyly she hung her head. "Come, come," he said, "tell me the truth!"' "Well," she whispered at last. "I don't see as it's any business of the Government, but in my young days I was a cook, and, you know, girls will be girls; but still"- proudly- "he was a sergeant!"Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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The Rotary Balita no. 642 (March 16, 1950).
The old-age pensions officer was questioning an elderly woman with a zeal worthy of a nobler cause. "And now," he said, "we come to two important questions: Have you ever been in receipt of parish relief?" "Never!" answered the woman. The officer turned to the last question on the list. "Tell me," he said, "have you ever been in the hands of the police?" Shyly she hung her head. "Come, come," he said, "tell me the truth!"' "Well," she whispered at last. "I don't see as it's any business of the Government, but in my young days I was a cook, and, you know, girls will be girls; but still"- proudly- "he was a sergeant!"
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