144 10 9669 https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/files/original/7532076f82bc88d185302829b06da8b2.pdf 26c8dd5732298b6f458262206e0f20d7 PDF Text Text TURNS MAN ] DOWN M O N E Y A N D GIRLS TURN M A N UP A N D D O W N Tbir man tbinks about bis life. his p r o b e s are many. I am very sorry frr lim NEE PRICE 316 ��GIRL Now, see how this girl turns Dick up and down. Comfort is holding Dick of being responsible for her PreganncY while Dick denies. "LEAVE ME! LEAVE ME!!" Said Dick. o "I Will never leave yo, unless you agree ! .marry me as you promised me before, said Comfort. This a a lesson to boys and girls of nowadays." Who thinks that intercourse is a pass port to life. �Preface -.... -.--. .-.Dedication ....Life and money turn man up and down ....Poverty ...-.... Tonic for your personality ..... Important sayings ofwise for your life to, -widen .. ..... .your knowledge My important words to men Life turns man up and down ... Youths without exper.ience -".. -.... ' Lack of patience The privelege of citizen Still in love secretly . I -....Men die in many ways because of money-and .women Questions for men ....-... ...Important words of advice against what may happen to you in future ... -Men .versus money -.. . General brokage in Nigeria today Very fast with life ... ... ...An undiscovered treasure , -- -" . . -" . . - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - 5 7 9 11 17 19 21 22 24 31 32 33 36 42 49 51 52 �Every place I go, "people shout the strong man of the pen". I very much appreciate this type of popularity and.-I am encouraged more to push my pen with all the. advisable words at my disposal. Apart from shouting the 'The strong man of the pen'. Readers write me congratulatory letters almost every day. I am sorry I caanot acknowledge those goodletters one by one but I an1 very thankfull to those writers and hereby re-ffirm my efforts and determination to makt my pamphlets "food for thought" at al! times. In this pamphlet named "Life and money turn man up and down" you will usually acquire considerable ideas with regards to life, and learn much. It is also a physchological pamphlet! THE STRONGS MAN OF PEN. �A picture of a Lagos Boy greeting his bar Lady Friend. "A Highlife man and hi!; lover" This man is a womanizer and a smooker. He can finish ten packets of C. G. a day and can not pass a night without any lady. He does not care for anybody. He doesn't know his home town again. He does not care for his parents. What he knows is to take his C. G. and to chase girls all about. Just look at his waist. He hasn't known that C. G. is dangerous to human beings and girls are poisonous to boys. He will one day suffer them. �UFE A N D MONEY TURN M A N UP AND DOWN "THERE IS A NEW POISON IN AFRICA" . . . , TODAY! ~ l a s h p , trash music and absence'sdllb on the streets in bars,, hotels and homes"are running a countless number of lives bbth youllg aria-ol'd. Bad music that stirs up animal lust in ' men Alid women and causes them to lose their honour and respect is becoming more,.popular every day. . �''M~ch present day African music as well as some music introduced from foreign countries in ' crude reckless and steer noise! Hundreds of people are enslaving then~seb~es the Devil by constantly to listtning to songs which rob their hearts and minds of beauty, decent th'inking and moral strength. 'Take Me G o Corner' and hundreds of other songs in that same cla<s stimulates sinful thoughts in the mind, drain all purity from the heart, and rob a man of strenght of character. Not only our youth, our but adults also are succumbing to these evil songs and obscene music. They think that they are having fun, while in actual fact they are selling their souls and their lives to the Devil and to ruin. We challenge all right thinking citizens of Africa to take stock of what they allow to fill their minds and to take up their time and energy. Bad music is a hot bed for evil, and obscene songs are destructive to the soul. Life And Money Turn Man Up And Down. We feel that musicians like all other citizens, have a great role to play in the task of nation building in Africa. They have a duty to give us music and songs which will build up character in the younger generation. They will utterly fail society if, in order to achieve popular acclaim and to earn money, they dish out only profane, calamorous and morally objectionable songs and music. Such music will dull the mental perception of our people, deaden their consience, and excite beastly and degrading desires in them". (AGican Challega Writer) �POVERTY ,Poverty pains the heart too much. Poverty makes ond to look weak and ugly, and fades one's personality. Poverty makes one to be inactive and to talk less. Poverty reduces one's power and makes one to walk and appear as a sick persbn sometimes. . '. Poverty makes one to be popular in his community because he has no means to "advertise'"himself. A poor man dies un-noticed because not many people know him, but when a rich man beq6mes mere sick, radios, newspapers and other information .organs will report it with sensational iieadline's. �A poor ma.n thinks every npw and .then. He is u.ot happy. Hiinself and his family are not enjoying life. They buy and use secondhand dresses and shoes. -A soup cook:d with 2s lasts one week for thr poor man and'his family. A ,poor man wears 'Patch-Patch' dresses not because'he does no: know that T it is not all that g o o d , ' ~ u tbecause he cannot afford to buy new clothes. A poor man suffers inferiorty complex. He cannot be offered an honourable seat at an occassion. A poor man receives insults even from his very relatives because people respect the money and not the person. The poor man thinks more of his daily bread but the rich man thinks more of his thousands of pounds and another profitable business to establish. The poor man lives in a small unrurnished room because he cannot pay for a decent spacious room. The poor man knows nice things but his condition has forced him to ignor those things. The poor man very hardly pay his tax, rate. or levy from his church or town. A poor man oppases any expenses which may call for new donations or l ~ v y his association because he cannot donate in or simply pay his own levy. �When a poor man's wife delivers, be will be partly happy. and sad.. He is happy because his wife delivered. On the other hand, he is sad. because he. has no:money to meet up with the hospital br maternity bills, and the maintenance of the child.and the wife. A poor man shakes his head when he sees his juniors or age-grades enjoying life. He asks himself "What type of world do I come?" ' In short a -poor man live a poor life, and suffers many things and infact, the poverty pains the heart too much. Tonic For Your Personality. Success is like a tonic, it makes life worth living. People who have never been successful and have not moved forward in life are usually unhappy. People develop interesting individuals as they achieve certain goals they set for themselves. And when they are not progressing, the results are bound to spoil their personalities. Mary was an example of a person who was suffering from a 'standstill' she did not progress in life. She had to leave secondary school before she had finished, and look for a job. So she took the only job she could tiad, filling in a small office. �But many has musical talent. Without training however, her talent was not developed. Filing, filing filing, and how she hated filing. This was not success, and she knew it. Naturally, it sl~owed in her personality. She had not happiness, and there was constant confl~ctin t e r mind. . Nothing is more pitiful than the person who is not progressing in life. As we progress, our personalities become more attractive. What happens to a person who continually fails? He becomes discouraged. and he says, 'Why bother to try? I can't win away'. This kind of person is likely to become suspicious, blaming people and circumstances for his lack of success. It is not uncommon to a person like this to complain of headaches and nervousness. It is surprising then that psychiatrist and psychologists agree that this basic phychological need, the need of being successful. must be met in a person's life he is to be his best. There are some people who have some success even though not complete success. They are likely to be more interesting than one who fails in life entirely. They are usually optimistic, and they inspire hope in others. Successful people look forward to the future. Why? Because the past has been profitable, and the present is encouraging. As a result, they face tomorrow with confidence. --("African Challenge," 12 Lagos) �Important Sayings of Wise For Your Lie To Widen. .Your knowledge. .'1 small man's mouth is his protection. ' 2 . Never boast that you will do this tomorrow because sickness or death or money can disappoint you. 3 poverty is better than illness. 4 A good girl friend is better than a bad wife. . . . . .. . ; 5 All the good or bad deeds done to your parents will come back to you when you have your own. children. 6 Big heap does not mean big bmio. 7 It is better to hear that a man beats a woman than to hear that a woman beats a man. 8 To hold one important certificate is better than to hold seven minor certificates. 9 A child that goes message for people receives many gifts. 10 A wife with bad manners does not gain much from her husband. 11 Life turns man up and' down. 12 Poverty sometimes stops a man from visiting 'his town, and again makes him to : disassociate with his relatives and towns people. 13 �13 Arich man is "Everybody's friend. 14 The man with bold eyes does not see more than the other fellow with smaller eyes. 15 He who borrows money reveals his difficulty before he may be considered for the loan. 16 A woman's gift gladdens the heart more than that o f a man to man. .. . , -a 17 Some disappointments are really disappointments but some are blessing. 18 No man agrees that he is poor before a wo- man. 19 He who dislikes his parents plays with his life and bis life becomes miserable at the 11th hour. 20 When a man who has not up to £5 sees another person counting his £100, he will not be happy with his condition. 21 if something wounds you and the person who supposes to sorry for you fails .to d o it, do not complain, wait and you will see a similar thing happen to him. - 2 2 A' person who laughs a prisoner should bear in mind that nobody is sure that he will never go to prison in life. �23 If you have persistent misfottunes, people . will .. . . mistake it for your sins. .. 24 Without harlots womanizers shall "spoil" girls more and worry marrird females too much. 25 When one remembers death he lessens'his anxiousne s in earthly things. 26 If a beggar asks much he may not be given anything again. 27 if you see two brothers quarrel!ing, do not side anyone because they shall latter settle their differences and come to talk against you. 28 Sometimes generousity is mistaken for richness and quietness, for weakness, and noise making for strength. 29 I f you see a mother who hates her child, really something is wrong with the child. 30 When you mention somebody's mother or father during a quarrel then you have provoked the situation too much. 31 If a thief steals a thief he needs no sympathy. 32 He who is betrayed by his relative is done for. 33 A child does not call Mama when it needs nothing. 34 A man who says that he could burry himself alife forgets that one of his hands would be still left uncovered. �'-.35.': .One does pot ,k~~w.::how . ... ... . mother . .. .-.vadablq;.a . . is until she is dead. 36 In many cases, poverty is tbe result of ones. own faults. 37. If a fowl chases you early in the morning try to run away for you never can tell if it had acquired teeth during the night. 38. . A man who claims that he knoysev:r)thing know nothing. 39. Time is always too much for the idle. 40 Education is like gold. When you want it, y ~ have to do some digging for it is rarely avaiu lable on the surface. 41. One finger cannot remove lice f r m the head. 42. Think always of pleasing; please and you will end being pleased. 43. The 'difference between the fool and the wise is that one misunderstands while the other understands. 44. Two wise men cannot share three cowries. 45. The bird that compares itself with a vulture will sleep at the back of the oven. 46. The beggar's hand is usually longer than the givers. 47. A wife not do any who does not trade or does other b u s i n e s s t h a n t o 16 �stay at home, coo: and chop to her satisfaction, does not know the hardship of money. - 48. A bad writer blames hi3 pen at any time. 49. Half education is better illiteracy. 50. other. than complete If everybody is rich nobady will serve each 51. If another person's corpse is carried the unconcerned regards it as a bundle of firewood. 52. A poor man who does not know that he is poor and spends more than he should not, shall die poor. 53. A sensible visitor eats half belly but the visitor who has no sense eats everything in the plate wholly. 54. A husband and wife who quarrel or fight in the presence of a visitor are both good fools. 55. When a child calls you to come and eat with him and you do so he will never respect you again, and will take you as his age-grade. 56. A disfigured girl with bad manners shall remain with her parents for ever. 17 �.. ... . .. .. . .. . 57.' A bfind man .who hides; wifi not know when he is seen unless he is touched. 58. Whenever you see a person you did a bad thing your mind will cut, and sometimes in your bid to avoid him seeing you, you collide with another person or bicycle or vehicle. 58 He who falls with great debts will hardly rise up again. . . 60 An ugly wife with good manner is better than the beautiful wife with ugly manners. 61. The man whose house is on fire does not pursue aoy rat that comes out of the house. 62. A "bigman" who hates his people and prefers to associata with nobody and stays alone, is like an up-stair without a strong foundation. 63. If you have a wife with a sweet tongue you will not notice easily when she tells you a bad word. 64. No matter how sharp your teeth may be, you cannot bite water. 65. Not only youths make love, our old people play it with their age-grades. 66 A peaceful man lives longer than a trouble maker. 67. It is very scarce to find a man who hate love affairs. �68. A man with wife and children, any day he lacks chop money, he will be running up and down to get money, but a bachelor any day he lacks chop money, he would go to a friend's house and eat. 69. One of the worst sin is to lie again a dead 70. He who talks nonsense makes himself nonsense. My Important Words To men! 1. Since man was naturally born to eat by sweat and labour, man should not keep idle. You should work and work hard. 2. Man should be good "planner". You should plan for how money will be coming by itself. If your plan for money fails, then .you will not rest, becaue man was not born to rest, you should put up fresh plans and struggle about. 3. Man should face his problem as a man and not as a woman or a child. You should not cry when a problem .comes instead you should laugh at it and find its solution. hlan is known when a big thing happens, and not when there is no event. �4. Man should not talk as a women and should, not behave as a woman. Woman has her natural, manner of talking and behaviour. ad has also .. his natural way of things. . . 5. Man should not rest otherwise hunger comes.. but man should not over work himself too much, otherwise sickness or death comes. Wealth accumulated has no power to save you when d k j h comes. So many millionaires had since. died. Their money did not save them. Therefore man should not over work himself too much or value the money more than his life. 6. Man should not quarrel with a woman in the public because her mouth will over take your own and she can tell you anything and you become ashamed. Man should not also fight a woman. 7. Man should be courageous, and vigilant in time of inevitable battle. 8. Man should not fight wrongly or declare unjustified "war" against fellow man. 9. Man should not abuse manhood and should every time uphold the dignity of man. 20 �LIFE TURNS MAN UP r\ND DOWN Life turns man up and dowa, my brother. Man. falls several tinles before he becomes somebody. Sometimes, you will have no chop money and rentage, fees aod this will make your landlord to insult you every now and then. You will keep on borrwoing money from friends and relatives. As you keep on borrowing the money, so will people talk about it in your absence, spoiling your name. You might have seen a man who owned a private car and after sgme time could not own a common bicycle but later r2gained his riches after dramatic fa11 and rise. Now read how life and money turned a man who had $2.000 up and down. £2000 MAN BUT NOW A BEGGER. I was a trader who had £2,000. This £2000 . later f i n i s h e d b e c a u s e of a s h o r t a g e loss I sustained from the goods imported. 21 �Thus I became poor and was laughed by my enemies. I left trading and was employed by an European Company to be a sales agent. Not very long the company terminated me. Not only that I was caught by illness which took all the little money I got from the company. After my recovery, I tried several other business and could not succeed. I am now a begger but I still have hope in God because, hence there is life there must be hope. Some struggling youths are impatient. Life is not easy. All these rich men and women you know if they tell you how life turned them up and down you will be marvelled. They suffered and sometimes there would be no penny to buy common garri and drink. Therefore man falls several times before he becomes somebody. However, in some rare cases, you will see some boys who are very lucky to stand strongly in their early beginning of business. �YOUTHS WITHOUT EXPERIEMi E Soue youths who have no experience with regards to life use to bluff the poor and say whatever they like. They will come to regret their bluffing, saying of bad words and careless usage of money when life teaches them a lesson they will never forget in life. Some fallen angels are now 'passenger collectors', some wander about and some other are in the lowest degree of lives. Whatever amount you get, do not be confiden: that it can never get finished through one way or the other. Nothing is impossible for God to do. Whenever, your progress gives up in any business do not be discouraged. Pick up courage and attempt other works. It may take you fairly long years or short years to see what you want. On the other hand you can still continue your fallen business provided that you can manage things. It does not pay too much to run from this work to the other one, unless you have tried all you can for long and become sure that the work cannot help you any longer, than you leave it for another one. By this time, critical observers will not blame you or critise you for impatience. �LACK O F PATIENCE You see, some of our struggling youths have no patience and again many people are not satished with their works. Ttey would stay in this business and envy others in another works. Thinking that there is more profits in those works more than theirs. This makes some people to quit their business. PLEASE DO NOT SMOKE THE TRUTH ABOUT CiGARETTES Until1 recently the public looked upon smoking as a habit to enjoy. Young men and women though it was a sign of 'grown up modem, smart". Older people enjoyed it as a luxury. Some doctors said it was harmful, and some pastors said it was a habit that Christians should be kept away from. But most smokers igoored the warnings as not being serious. Medical reports were denied by cigarette manufacturers and ignored by the public. Now the public overseas is being shocked awake Medical research has proved so strongly that cigarettee smokiog is highly dangerous to health, that smokers are becommg frightened. Cigarette sale are going down in America and Europe. Doctors themselves are stopping smoking and telling their patients they must stop. Even government departments in Russia, Europe and America are issuing warnings. �The importance OF the new c ~ l o o k smoking on is shown by the fact that the wo~~li's largest magazines are publishing articles revealing the dangers. This is worth nothing, since most map;~zines depend on money from cigarette advisers to help support their publications. Yet Reader' Qigest, Times, Newsweek, and other leading magazines now believe that smoking is so dangerous that they are willing to risk loss of advertising money in order to warn their leaders. . In the face of all this we are shocked to learn that cigarette manufacturers are allowed to increase their sales in Africa (see news report in April 1964 Challenge). As sales go down overseas, manufacturers try to find new buyers in Africa T o do so they use advertising that decieves our pub'ic into thinking smoking is modern smars, healthful. They link it up with sports, entytainn~ent, university graduates and professional men. While the public overseas, has been enlightened by their Press and Goverdment, our people are being put to sleep with cigarette smoke: Why have our newspapers and magazines said very little? Are they afraid of losing advertising money? Why don't our governn~entr!epartments warn the public? Are they afraid of losing cigarette taxes? Isn't the health of our people more important than advertisement and taxes? Life and money Turns man up and down CHIEF H U M A N W A N T S The Primary human wants are: (a) Air to breathe. (b) Water to drink and for trade and domestic purposes. (c) Adequate wholesome and nurishing food. id) Land on which to build our houses. (ej Sufficient clothing to keep us warm and to enable us to conform to the accepted standards of decency. (f) A house or shelter to protect us from the sun, wind and rain, and to ensure the privacy necessary for human beings in a civilised society. �(1;) A fire or fuel to enable us to cook our food. THE PIIIYILEGES OF A CITIZEN. 1. Perhaps the greatest privilege of a citizen is his right to have share in the government of the country. He can do so by his vote. 2. In the eyes of the law all citizen are broadly speaking, equal. Whatever our station in life, whether rich or poor, .all of us are liable to punishment in the ordinary courts of law for breaches of the law. 3. Unless he has been suspected of committing a felony a constable may not arrest a .citizen with, out a warrant. 4. No citizen can be legally punished or deprived of his possessions except-by the decisions of the ordinary courts of law. 5. All citizens enjoy equal protection from the law. The protective hands of the Police Force are there for us all. 6. Every citizen enjoys personal freedom: short of breaking the. law he is free to do what he likes. If a citizen is wrongfully deprived of his liberty he can obtain redress by recourse to the law courts. 7 Every citizen has a right to freedom of discussion . This means that he is free to say, write or publish any thing he pleases so long as he does not commit a breach of the law. The law is infringed if he says or publishes anything of defanatory, seditious, blasphemous or obscene character. 8. Every citizen has the right to public meeting. People may nieet together whenever or wherever they please in so far as they do not offend against the law. They can be apprzhended for committing a nuisance or tresspass or constituting an unlawful assembly. Also the public have no right to meet in a public throughfare, or public resorts. 9. Every citizen enjoys the right of self-defence, He is justified in using a proport onate amount of force in defence of himself, his wife, his children. his house or his property. �The responsibilities of a Citizen to His Tunw or her town A. 1. A Citizen's first duty is loyalty to his Queen or President and country. In exchange for the protection extended by the Queen or President every subject owes a "natural and legal obedience to her or him" 2. It is the duty of the citizen to obey all the laws of the land. 3. Since the revenue of the Government is used to defray public expenditure, it is the duty of the citizen to pay all taxes and rates which he has to pay and not try to defraud the revenue. 4. If called upon to help, it is the duty of every citizen to give active aid to the police in the apprehension of offenders. 5. The citizen must d o all in his pDwer to belp suppress a riot, or other outbursts of disorder, or to help repel an invasion. 6. It is his duty to aid the cause ofjustice by giving evidence as a witness in criminal or police cases. 7. He has a responsibility to register the birth of his Children soon after they are born, to have them vaccinated, and to see that they recieve elementary education B. The above are the legal statutory duties of a citizen, but it must not be supposed that the responsibilities of the citizen end with these. If a citizen faithfully adhered to the above he could be described as a law abiding citizen. If he were apprised of all the information in the foregoing pages he might be considered an informed citizen. But this would not in themselves make him a good citizen. It is important that the citizen should realise that he lives in a civilised society and that he has certain moral, social and community obligations. In times like these there is no place for the "lone wolf." Out actions are dependent on the actions of others with whom we have to associate. If, therefore we wish to be worthy citizen of our country, there are certain principles which we must try to observe. These are: (I) Proper human relationship. (2) Service for the community. 27 �Proper Human ~dationship the Art 'of Living. or This is an important element of good citizenship. This calls for (a) consideration for the feelings of others: (b) respect for other person's point of view; (c) Co-operation. (a ) The consideration for the feelings of others Jesus put it this way: "Do unto others as others would have do unto you". Think how much better our society would be if we all try to be (i) Less selfish, (ii) Conscious of the dignity of human personality, (iii) Appreciative of the effects of other people, (iv) More humane, (v) Obedient and respectful to those in authority over us, (vi) Better users of the Queen's Highway. (i) So many of us want everything for ourselves and our families. Let us remember that other people have as much right to happiness and the good things of this world as we. We shall all try to bear one another's burdens by acts of helpfulness when the need arises. (ii) In the eyes of God all men are equal. Every person regardless of his station in life, has a dignity and importance far greater than lower animal. He or she is a human being and should be treated as such (iii) All of us are proud of the things we do. Let us cultivate a sense of gratitude, the habit of giving due praise and thanks to people for what they do for us. or what they do for others because of us. Little gifts of flowers, Birthday or Christmas cards bring happiness both to the donator and the recipient. Also we must not be too ready to blame others, for we all make mistakes. (iv) We mus8 try to avoid the bullying, aggressive scowling and critical attitude in our relations with our friends or subordinates. (v) We must not be in subordinate to our supperiors. Insubordination is is distasteful to any employer. It antagonises him and be-gets retaliations and victimisation. In the long run it is the employee who suffers. (vl) If we only gave a thought to the untold misery ' 1. 28 ' �whichhtoad accidents bring to the homes of so many families. We would all develop .a,better road sense and observe the Highway Cod:. (b) Respect for the other pcrsm'spoint o view f This would be a dull and monotonous world if we all think alike. It is said that variety is the spice of life. None of us has a monopoly of brains or ideas. We must therefore learn to be tolerant of the views and opinions of others. Don't do all the talking. Listen to what the other persons have to say even if their view on a question is not the same as yours. Theremay be a lot in what they have to say (c) Co-oporation It requires little thought to realise that we have to depend on each other at every turn of our lives. Production under the modern system is based "division of labour" "specialisation" whereby several kinds of workers have to co-operate to turn out one finished manufactured article. Similarly no one today could be entirely self-sufficient in every respect. Every person has to depend on the labour of other people on certain commodities which he cannot produce himself. Thus all workers are dependent on other workers whether they be agricultural manual. factory, technical, clerical, administration or professional worker. 2 Service to the community This is one of the noblest duties of the citizen. A number of voluntary organisation such as the Red Cross Society, Child Welfare League, Boy Scout Movement, Girl Guide Movement, Literary and Cultural Clubs, etc offer innumerable opportunities for people to render services to the community. Incia dentaly, these organisations help to develop in their members the qualities of leadership and a sense of responsiblity, and aim t o produce the kind of citizen our country needs at the present time. �Now read a letter from a man who was poisoned by his own wife because of his love. I married in 1947 and wed in 1949. What a honey moon I and my wife began to live happily, not a small one, but a big one. She loved me quite alright, and I myself also loved her. We don't hide anything for each other. If anybody spoke to her on the street, when she returned, she @Is me. she could not eat without me, I myself could not also eat or taste without her. We lived very good for complete two years before devil came in. I HAD A FRIEND What brought trouble? I had a male friend who was very handsome Each time this my friend visited me, my wife admired him. He attracted my wife very much. To talk the truth so that the devil w!ll be ashamed, that my friend never first chased that my wife. My wife gave him all impression and showed him likeness, before that my friend become interested in her. After I heard that when I left for my work, that my friend came and began to play with my wife. That my wife had not taken her money and cooked fresh fish for me but I heard that she used to buy fresh fish and cook it for that my friend. I never took any action when I heard this because I don't do my things like that, I wanted to witness everything with my eyes. One day when I returned work, I saw my two tumblers broken into pieces, I asked my wife who broke them 30 �but' s h i . t 6 ~ drrik'that it"wiii'bui 'ixe$etii'$aby. After ' I heard from my house boy that it was broken by that my friend when he was playing with my wife after both had taken two bott1,:s of beer. I counted this two. One day again, I retorned and saw peculiar thing. 1 counted it three, and began to keep watch of them. One day I left my house for my work, shy about 10 a. m. the very day, I told my manager that I was attacked by big headche and that I wanted to go home and rest for three hours, he permitted me because he was a good mao. I went back to my house and met both parties swallowing pounded yam with fresh fish. I looked on my bed, it was rough, not as it was in the morning the very day. When that my friend saw me he nearly ran mad. Shame was his lot. That my wife could not know whdt to do. Only God knew how she felt. I never showed them that I was highly offended I brought out two bottles of beer from my cupboard and presented it to that my friend, he was unable to finish one cup, before I drank up the beer. I left bim with that my wife and went to my work. -When I returned in the evening. I did not see that my wife she has packed her things and ran to her people. I waited and waited for her to return but I could not see her. According to the native custom, it was my business to go to my in-laws to �inquire why my wife ran and what was her anger Upon all what ,she did to me, I carried two jars o i tombo wine and -went to her parents, when I reached their house with some of my relatives, that my wife saw us and ran out. 1 We. formally presented 'the twd jars o f tokbo . 4 -5 wir.e to those my in-laws. After drinking the wine . .I told them the purpose .'of 'our' &mi&. ~ h &my . in-laws sent a messenger who called in that my wife she' greeted us.with shaide." My in&.' said 'that there was no need for long talk, beciusc theyhad . . heard what they "called deplorable thing" i t bas the tresspass she cdmmitted made her run away they told They begged greatly to 'forg& hen' because i t was, the first offence. They. added that to er;' is human, to forgive i s divine. . - , , ' ' f A. "s' I had earlier decided in my mind that. what ever happened, I will not marry .her again. But I surrendered when an irresistible presure was 'brought and bear on me, by my relatives to receive that my wife back once more. That my wife returned back to my house two days after we came to their house. We begad to live again. Each time we went to bed, she began to beg me to forgive her. I told her that I have forgotten everything, but I added: ':'let another do not happen again". She swore that she would not do that type of thing again �After all these. had .'happened,':;,1thought that my wife and that my friend were no more in love, that they had separated, but I soon heard that they were still in love secretli. 1.investigated and i t was true. I ,went to one o f my. relatives and told .him. He told me to. prepare and sack that my .'wife, I was in preparation, that .my wife gave me poison'that my. friend. gave her t o . give. ,me, so that if . I .die they would be chanced quite alright' to carry on, witb' their love and marry together. The poison nearly killed me. It suffered mi and I s p o t £154: 9s : 8 d t o cure it. That my wife left m e during the'time 1 was sick because she was'informed that 1 have known that.she was.:the person who poisoned me. After, 1,heard that she was. living with ,that my .friend. They married for a year and ' o n e day, they got a big buarrel, and fought, and each sustained injuries, and they qarted. This is the end of my story. My ' name; i s Paul. P. 0.Ebeme: Private Mail Bag ,2819, Kpoko ~ o y and girls, men and women and dear bros ther's and sisters in this life .problems and happiness, man do suffer,till sweat comes out !before,he eats. In tbis troubled world man cannot, record a l l what had happ5ned ,to him in the scramble for money and. the grievous disappointmentwhich life . has fired him. And , I 'can 'tell you :that man. whether short, thin or poor cannot be taken as a small man because any; man . has a .way .,,it]. which ,he shows his manhood, .either.: ; power, I:: cleverness, ;:: foresight, commonsense charm o r . trick: ' , , 33 . : �b1EN DIE IN MAtlY :WAYS BECAUSE OF MONEY AND WOMEN Men die in many ways in finding'.moneyi:~om&, .. .. . . ,.... men had died in the motor accident, many had. died': . .. , for over working themselves. ~estlessness .of. "mind! . . . . . , ,.: and 'heart failure have killid millions of men. :Infact; . mHn do suffer, and man is .a iesponsible being fii'; the following reasons: ;, '(I) Whether a man has money o r not,' d f::".:,c mi t s t . : :. e ~ $ , . , contribute financially to the development "ofi3.bis: . community. (2) Whether a man '. is poorer than 'church:kt'.. he . . .. is liable to pay tax. (3) Whether a man has money or not the desire for marriage sleeps with him on the bed every night. (4) Whether a man has money or, not. he is being looked upon by his relatives to help them. (5) Whether a man has money or not be is responsible for the maintainance . of his parents. (6) . - Whether a man has money ornot he is responsible to maintain his wife and train his children. There are other numerous responsibilities .-which man has. �.. , \ . , -' . , I . QUESTIONS FOR MEN ( 1 In what way is a man known? A man is known by courage, endurance, cleverness and hardworking. ' (2). 1 what way does man overcomes. his problems? h . Man conquers his problems first by prayer,. common-'. . . sense and contribution of advic? received. from.?wi& thinkers. . . $ (3) Is a born to have things easy? Nan is born to sweat before he eats, :,knowing; thisi : we need not worry our mind whenever .we are ' troubled. (4) What type of men are expected succeed in life? Men who are expected to succeed are men who are courageous, patient, kind, honest, labourious and fearers of God. (5) What type of men are expected to fall in life Men who are expected to fall in life are men who have too much competitional mind, men .who envy, men who are dishonest and men. who hate the pro.gress of the others. (6) What type , of men .are expected to be poor forever ? , 35 �There are m:n who hate t o work but love delightful things. They are also the type ,of men that are idle. (7) . What type of 'men are wanted'! Men wanted are men who hnderstand others point of views, men who love their neighbours as themselves, men who are faithfuli simple, sympathetic Godly and poor in heart. (8) What happens t o men who are arrogant and rich in heart? Fall and shame a l w q s be theirs. (9) Is it true that good men d o not have big money? That is lie, the only thing is that good men d o not, as dishonest and unfaithful men, have money one day but have theirs gradually. (10) Is it true that wicked and bad men have money greater than good men? The fact is a that a thief can haveE10.000 a d a y , but thatJ money will finish within a short time while the man who gathers by labcur increase daily.' (11) In what way is a bad man known? A bad man is easily known by words of mouth, attitude especially when you d o a business of money with him. �(12) In what way is a good man known? :.:. .. '. .. . .. ... BY words of mouth an'd .actions.you .know.+ good man. a (13) What is that dkbt 'that mln b&s his 6ohinuUUUu . ..., . , .... nity ? , The debt is wife. When. a man marries he has, . . ?.. . . .. paid his people. (14) Do men maintain their parents greater than their girl friends? . < . It is deplorable to oboerve that some mendoh't ' care about their parents instead they will maintain their parents who born and su~reredfor ,them, they take to drink and maintain thrir girl friends. I have seen many parents going naked xhile their sons wear robes and drive costly cars. (15) Are men who keep tnemselves clean'womaniscrs? Cleanliness is holiness so it. is .very foolish: to think that those who keep themselves clean do, so' in qrder to attrack women but do so for their personal pleasures and to have respect before the public. Infact, 'simplicity of dress and .cleanliness of the body . . : . and mind is lifely.: (16) What does dirtiness earns a man? Dirtiness earns a man under assessment of wealth, . ... disrespect and disgrace. :' (17) Does cleanliness mean wearing of rich clothes costly hand watch and gold? ? . . ' In short. cleanliness of the body and clothes . . whether cheap or costly. . .. . . . , . �But it is not bad to wear eminent watches and gold and robes if you have what is called money. ,(IS) Is it bad for men to rub powder? Every thing depends oo having time and the type of business one does. If you have time to powder your face it is not bad. After all, we do things t o keep our lives long, and have happiness. (19) What makes some men who had got money before to die poor? ' It is a shame to do a common work. (20) ' What type of men regain their wealth after life had blown them? They are men who are not shy or shameful to do the' work of a common man. IMPORTANT. WORDS OF ADVICE AGAINST WHAT MAY HAPPEN TO YOU IN FUTURE Here comes a letter from a man whose former boy asked to come and serve him seven years as he had served him and ,the advice given him and you (1) Dear master of life, I heard that you' are a. great master of life and a famous adviser and I have read your books and was convinced that you are a wonderful being I write. 38 �But if you were rair'to hirl and he insist not to help you until you serve him then he has not the slightest respect and sympathy, and I.advice you not to go and serve the., b.xy because his mind-+ not good to you and his aims at bigh. What * I can, tell you is; Forget the boy's money and take thing mainly for n o condition in this w0r.d is Fermanent and life, you see is empty dream.' Again from today stop to pray to God to take away your precious life and nerper attempt to commit suicide for it is arainst the law of the state and that o f God. And don't have little mind, encourage your!self as a man by prayer and labour you shall regain lyour wealth and become a man whoIhas astory of . life to tell. Here comes a second letter from a €I per month court messenger whose, wife denands more than his ,salary and the advice given him and you. 2. I am a court messenger receiving £5 per month. [when I receive it I share it. To tell you my own miserable state: formerly I had many dependants and what was called money but now I am no where. I have no person to help me financially except my former boy, Robinson, who insisted that he would not help me until I have served him for seven years he had served me. After the boy said this, my brain scattered and I was unconscious. What I did was to pray to God to take away my life instead I will live to serve the boy who had served me. Now tell me what to do either to go and serve th? bay or s t a ~ d firm in my decision ot to go and serve the boy however. hunger worries 39 �Your case is a difficult one but I will try. Nobody except y ~ u , can tell whether you treated yixr boy fairly or not during his service to you. If you were cruel and gave him tough time it might t ? his annoyance a ~ why he insist that he will not d hel;, you until you serve him for 7 years he had scrved you in order to return every wickedness for uickedness. That is to retaliate. Advice: I gave. my wife £4 for,what we will eat for one month. I ' used 5s for my pocket money and saved 15s for our cloths and eventuality. But what is paining me now is the persistent complaint of my wife that hunger worries her at any time because the £4 is not sufficient for one month. When I asked' hcr to tell me the amount she thinks that will d o for one month, she said £8. AS I cannot afford £8 what will I d o ? 1. 0. ISELLE UKWU W. NIGERIA Advice: I don't think that your wife knows your income. Try to make her know your salary to avoid undue demand because she is over assessing you. In view of the present high cost of living manage to give her small amount to start small trade, from there she can help to what you eat. Here comes the third lrtter from a woman who explains why she divorced her husband. and condemn men and advice given her and you. 3. Dear Mr.' Njoku, I have been reading your books wit11 interest. �1,;ould ..gatherdhat''you.a r e an impartial writer bGt 'I don't know how you will f d l . to;. read me criticise me as you a r e a man b u t m y how,. I will ' strick .because my pen is not. a rrspxter of ,anybody or a disrespect, t~,well.-fashioned ientlemen.. 1 was i n the school when. a certain young .man approached my parents' to marry me. The. man. .was a shop boy i n the' U. A.'C. but when asked about his occupation he;replied: "I 'am a branch manavr o f the U. A.'C." 'He told me 'secretly that he had f 2,OCO saving in the' Bank and promise, to pleaseand maintain ;,he if I agree to marry him. I'was not impressed by 'the : E2,000 he claimed to have had in the Rank but I was impressed by his promise. to pleased and rcaintain me. ' 'I was also impressed by his appearance. I agreed and we married together. The first month I came to his house I received a good treatment. Everything 'was normal. But when, we entered the second month I experienced a slight change. The third and fouth month were deplorable and miserable. The man started- to show me his true tolour and I regretted my marriage with him. , He started to beat me, started to make mouth a t me for the slightest offence. started to do me all sort of things a man supposed not d o to bis wife. What action did I take? I left the man with his insincerity, with his unfaithfulness, with his cruelty, with his senselessness and his wickedness. The attitude of the man has made me to condemn men and always look at them with unreliable eyes. The ' littles in them pretend to be big. No more with me and men I have chosen independent life. �Aivice: Elizabeth, I can assure you that I am nor a ~ n o y e dbetause you critised: men of which I am among. I'm only, ageinst destructive criticism I am also sorry for your broken marriage. Whom will 'I td. n e, is it you o r the man for the failure of thc mmiage? I will 19ot blame any party for being respo~siblefor the,failure of the marriage until I hear both sides. I have heard'lou but have not heard not voice of your former husband; One book says: "don't givz judgment until you h:ar both sides of the case." Do you know Elizabeth that woman is born to be under man as man is born to carry the responsibility of a woman? That woman who is disobedient and has quick temper cannot succeed in marriage? Referring to your decision to become an independent girl, it is the worst you have said. Do you know,that an independent woman has no way to refuse thecbarge that she is a prostitute? That is very hard to resist the trials of men? That people will look you very down! Please revoke your plan if you want to save yourself from blemish and regret. The last is your condemnation to entire men. You have misfired. Don't you know that all men as well as woman are not bad or good. To say the truth, the number of good men leads the number of the women who are good. If you don't know, know it as from now. And it is unwise to assume that all men are unreliable simply because a certain man disappointed you. The fourth letter comes from a man whose wife over-powered. during fighting and the advice 'given him and you. �4. M y OWD case is ihis; My'wife Paulioa is a strong woman and a .:tireless fighter.. Instead I will overpower h e r 'during fighting.. she 'overpowers .me being that she knows that st.e is stronger than,me, me what [.will she disregards my orders. P1easC:tell ... ...... do. to this cvoman.' ., ' OKEREKE UCHE, ABUDU N. NIGERIA There is n o 'reason why a woman should overpower you. Why say wk.t .is expected from a woman? It means that it is :b certain thihg you d o : which makes you very weak o. are you sick?. You cannot d o the woman anything. than to avoid affray and keep your bouse in peace by displinary action. Don't fight next time, fighting lets- some one down and you cannot- reform a woman by beating her o r quarrelling with her., Advice: The fifth letter comes from a girl who is .in difficulty in choosing a good husband and the advice given her and you. 5 Two men are coming to marry he. The one I love has n o money to mairtain me but the one I . dan't like has much money to give me. Please tell me what to do. VERONICA 0. B. EBI ONITSHA. Advice: If you know that you cannot marry the man whom you love because he has no money and cannot also marry a money man you don't like wait for the man whom you love and at the same time have money. Be very careful in engaging a man. Ty to know the work of money and love in r mamage. �"MEN VERSUS MONEY" . , \ . . . . .. . The struggle for money has gone so far, that s j m e have now begin to ,ask; which is .it that controls the others? The' lifeless or the animate men? The uneasiness.money of this life, is mostly caused by money, ..many dic in the strife. Other still remain in want. What evil has it not introduced? Where there is peace it intrudes. Those who has not often complain. Those who has it also complain. Dearest friends has it seperated, so from father has it disunited, husband and wife hastit. brought t o a clash that is how money handles man's life. . But man is made to control . money 'and.not money to control man. In whatever-condition .you may be let not money change your mind. To,.:the ..rich and poor give good treatment, for the Lord:$ .. ,. ., .-the maker of them all. .. , Remember the great 'END' that respects no& and treat others as you would like to be treated. BHOKACE OF NIGERIA WORKERS "BROKAGE" is Nigeria workers, .number One disease. They cry, '1 am broke among Nigerian workers that one often wonders whether there is a Nigerian wage earner who does not go broke before ..the end of the month. "Employers in Nigeria know the 'brokage7 disease too well. Often, though always grudgingly, they give their ernplojees salary,advance t o tide them over the rest of the month. The 'brokage' problem naturally causes many employers a great concern. "Many of them, have come to know that at 'no time does a worker loose more concentration, become more downcast and agitated and worried a s when he is' broke. When the Nigerian worker is broke it shows on ' his face and only a little ::money, 'either by way of loan from" a friend. or , ' 44 �salary advance from his employer. can restore his self--confidence and make him do his work conscientiously. Tht question that Nigeria Governments and other employers of labour have been asking is: Why in the Nigerian worker always broke"? ,Most Nigeriaos, including the workers themselves, will promptly answer that they go broke because of the low salaries paid in the couctry. There could be so if it is only the members of the lower income group of workers that go broke. Unfortunately this is not so. 'What about the highly paid worker, the senior servicemen who is often referred to as an overpaid Nigerian? Why does he go broker Why is it that it is among this class of well-paid workers that 'brokage' is most pronounced?. "It is 'an open secret that in Government mimi. stries and in commercial houses, chief clerks and other better paid officials often borrow money, when they are broke, from t h e junior workers under them and by subtle means. Often the borrowing is covered up with the excuse that 'oga' (the boss) has no loose cash with him". 'On this pretext the 'oga' will order the messenger to buy him cigarettes or soft drinks or kolanuts or other such little things with his own money as 'op' has no lcose cash with him". "At times, the 'oga' comes out bold, with the same no loose cash excuse, to demand two, three, five or more shillings from his mesienger nr his compound cleaner or junior clerk in 'the office. �' e does this almost every other day from the H tenth of the month. .And .at'the ' end of the month it will be discovered that the 'oga' is owing a number of his junior staff sums of money that range from five shillings to f I. A witty messenger in a Federal Government Ministry in Lagos who knew the game once shocked his deputv permanent secretary out of his witts. The deputy . permanent secretary had, with the usual story that he only had a £5 note, asked him to buy a packet of cigarettes outside..^^ But the messenger asked the deputy permanent secretary t o bring the £5 since it could easily be changed by the cigarette seller. Rut the deputy permanent secretary had not even a five shillings note on him. The story was told by the deputy permanent secretary himself. A defence very oftell put up for brokers is that it is our social system that compels a wage earner to cater, not just for himself, but also for stines of other aged mother, father, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts and. so on that is responsible for this social melody. While there is no doubt that our social system makes some contribution, it will be certainly incorrect t o hold it u p as the main cause of 'brokage' among Nigerian workers. Indeed, workers who minister religiously t o the needs of their large families hardly complain of brokage. They prefer t o bear their burden in silence and make every sacrifice, including self-denial in order t o discharge their responsibilities to their families. �,. But eve.0.' a;$suiniog"that . .family re:~po,cisibilities: are~~the main.cause' of 'brokage', what is the sedse in a man accepting more responsibilities than he can bear 7 The truth is that most of those Nigerians, who are saddled with family responsibilities fail to tell their people their true positions, how much they earn, how much they spend it and how much they can afford to give to their families. They lie about their incomes and so increas their relative expectations. Take the case of a senior executive officer in a commercial house who earn £960 a year. He lives in a flat of £20 a month, he pays £15 each month to his company to defray his car loan, he spend f25 on his family of five (himself, wife. two children and a maid): £2 goes to his provident fund; f 2 goes to his family medical expenses, the nany takes, £3: he sets aside $3 for entertainment, and his family union dues and his newspaper claim seven shillings and nine pence. At the end of the month he is left with barely £10 and on assumption that his pay is tax-free and that his car basic allowance and mileage claims during the month will be enough for him to run his car. We have not considered a life insurance policy for himself and family or his saving for the rainy day or his buying books to keep up to date in his job or the school fees for his children and clothing for himself and family. Why should a man in such a position not make tbe position clear to his family? Why should he agree to being further saddled with 'the responsibility of paying for a sister or a brother in a College or University 7 47 �.Is there any sanity in his agreeing t o assume re~~oiisibility old uncles and aunts: at home?. '. for Surely if a man takes the members of his family into confidence, they will understand:and'dra. stically cut down on.what tbey expect from hi.n. Bur4:have said i t is never the . w & k < that carries family 'respmsibility :'who' grumble: most about *,brokage'The worker who complains the loudest . and always pesters his employer for salary advance .and runs round the money lenders, offices often has hardly any family responsibility. He is merely. .an arch . -broker. -: . . On what does' he spend his' money, that '.. 6. e . i ~ ,..broken,before the fifth of every new month?, .The answer is simple but eainful." ~e : spends his money on' wine and woman, on inesential .loxuries and on.putting up false shows .just t o be .like ': the Joneses next door.. . . . . .. ~ ~ a i the reason for the extravagance in most ", Nigerians is simple. . . . The majority of Nigerians believe, that what matters in life, is not what they are or what .they :can. do by themselves or what moral and intellectual .. , qualities they possesses; not what they bring into life or what they give t o life. The matters to them is the number of persons they know and the number of persons who know them. This, they believe, is the passport to,success, since to reach the top in society, all one needs t o 'do is to press the right buttons and make the right contacts through the persons who knows and the persons who know one. , . ..With this wrong belief firmly planted. 'in their minds, most Nigerian workers, instead of working ,hard, instead of husbanding their incomes .well so "as to improve their personal lasts and these of their -' �families: : instead .of employing their earnings to : advancii 'their.metlta1; moral and~.intelledtual..abilities spend their hard-earned money. ' i n ,cultivating the companies of 'big men' and living fast lives. they can ill-afford. ' So on a salary of £960 a year, or seven less this class of Nigerians move into a flat of £25 a month, get the flat expensively furnished on hirer purchase terms, employ a driver on a salary of £10 10s a month go in for a big car for which they pay about £30 a month ( .there are cases of workers who buy ears when they are not yet qualified, by their status in their offices, to do so), keep a string of girl friends that cost them about £25 a month and spend at least £ 5 . every week--end on pubcrawing. Although some of such Nigerians may have cook stewards at home, they do not go home for their meals because their native dishes-eko, amala, eba, egusi, ewedu and okoro are .too mean for them to eat. They must go to big hotels daily for their lunch and dinner and always with girl friends and one or two other friends just to show *off. They called themselves the new civilized Nigerians. They keep the company of ministers of state and business men whose income in a week pays their year's salary. In the night clubs, they go in for drinking contests buying more drinks than they need. By the end of the month they find that they have overdrawn their accounts in the bank by more than £50 and that number of cheques they have issued had bounced. Worse, they find that their petrol bill have ' 49 �soared , t o more than f20, not because they have been going' about much in the interest of their jobs but because they have been darting from one girl's house to another playing the big boys. Today in Nigeria, it is not unusual or strange for an executive officer on a salary o f f 1,200 a )ear to give expensive parties every quarter for Ministers of State or for well-known business men or even2 for girl friends just for the fun of getting his name and photograph in print. Neither is it anything to make people raisestheir eyebrows for a young man on a salary of less than £800 a year to change into expensively tailored suits every week-end. With his background then, the answer to the question of what makes the Nigeria worker always broke becomes simplified. The Nigeria worker goes broke not necessary because his income is inadpquate: He goes broken because he does not live within his income. The Nigeria wage earner will not be broken at the end of the month if he. draws at list of what he really needs, and not what he wants each month. Learns to refuse to accept a family responsibility that he can't carry. Re-examines his present carryings on so as to find those that are really worth the troubles and .expense and those that are not. . . . ~ e c i d e st o ' . deceive . himself. no.' nibre . and, see himself as he really is-(Sam Uba). . . . �GENERAL BROKAGE IN #ICERIA: TODAY. Not only the Nigeria workers broke, other private individuals broke. If you will have the chance to go to any hotel you know' and see how people larvish their money. They order beer with competition. This man will 'order six bottle. The other man will order twelve bottles at ago. This beer is not to entertain an important visitor but just to show. off and win the love of postitutes in the hotel. Apart from wasting money on beer in the hotel there are other ways that traders and businessmen lawish their money and later broke. I list below very few of the ways: (I) Common buying of cars nowadays and maintaining them by even those who are tenants. (2) Common buying of motor cycles this time by those who cannot afford to pay a fine of £150. (3) Spending much on women. : (4) Being too fast with modern life. Infact. I used to laush at some boys who are tenants yet buy cars. Why not use that money and buy a landed property so that when you may broke then you sell it and begin business again. Some boys buy the cars with the pretext that it helps them to run about for business. In. as much as 1 have noticed, so many boys buy cars in order to carry woman up and down on the front. You will hardly see them carrying their wives in the cars. They prefer to give 'lifts'. There is no sense in your purchasing a car wben your capital is not big and when you have not been able to build even a single house in the township. �Do not be fast .with life stherwise ynu..broke. When y o u , get n car, you. will.run. much evpen.ses. -Your''people vGll t:ake f o r . granted..that . .your pocket has become tcb heavy and you cannot deny it. Then they will contact you constantly help If you tell them that you have no money they will never be satisfied, hence you drive a car. Apart from your people, friends will come to borrow money from you. In fact, some youths who are-fast with life d o not know the implications in buj;iig cars when they are not qualified. It is shameful to drive car this year and ride on a bicycle next year because of brokage. Your enemies will laugh you t o scorn. My friend, God's time is the best. A trader in the market who trades with £500 is not qualified to own any type of motor cycle how much more a second-hand car is cheaper. It is cheaper and better to join a taxi whenever there is an urgent business call than to own a personal means of transport with the capital which cannot even survive the present unhealthy trade competition. Some boys this time furnish their rooms with considerable sum of money. Boys who have just begun lives should not over tide their rooms. You can buy a radio and leave record-changer as this is wastehl. In short, you should not buy unnecessary things otherwise you broke. It is regrettable to observe that some boys who havejust began lives by family beds with £12 10s English matress, because the locally made £4 matress is too low for them. You see all this makes nonsense of a careful life and invites brokage ' �O u r boys this time arcvery fast with life. They need cars, radiograms and other luxurious things. Bicycle is no longer regarded this time because of car. If you are too fund of car when you are not eligible to buy it, well you may go to the firm that sells it and buy one. N ~ b o d ywill teil you to re-sell the car but the tning that will tell you to re-sell it by auction, will tell you. "IT IS A TRUE WORD" "It is a true word" that some wives d o not salute their husbands good morning and "thank Sir" after choping. When I heard this, I could not believe -but when I conducted an intensive investigation, I came to see that "it is a true word". NO EXPENSES NO DIFFICULTY! One would not make any expenses in salutation 'and there is no difficulty in it, it is a question of "open mouth and close it". Therefore any wife who fails to salute her husband has neglected her husband to the last, and must' be aware o f . the coesquences. When I was conducting the investigation with regards to the salutation, I came in contact with one housewife who did not salute her husband at all, I qucrried her QUESTION: I have noticed that you do not salute your dear husband in the morning and after choping, why? Wife: "Yes I don't I am annoyed with my husband. He does not buy me dresses and other things necessary that a wife must use. This is the reason wby I stop to salute him this time." �Other housewives probably have a similar reason as to why they do not salute their husbands. Bur there is no sense in it. That your husband does not buy you things must not stop your saluting him. Perhaps. he has money. Some housewives demand things, fram their husbands without assessing the income of their husbands You should not demand gold beads and earrings when your husband cannot afford to purchase them. You ask for the things you know he can afford to buy without 'pains' otherwise vou kad him into debts. On the other hand, any husband wh? intentionally stops to buy her wife necessary things, since he has the means, calls for disrespect from.his wife. AN UNDISCOVERED TREASURE. "A Christian worker entered a wretched poverty stricken home. Beneath a rickety table, he saw a dust covered Bible. As he left, 'he said. "There's a treasure in this house which if discovered and believed would make . you all rich"! A deligent search was made f ~ the hidden treasure. r Could it be a jewel or a pot of gold left by the former occupants of the home? asked the searchers one of another. Their search was ,in vain. 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A N D D O W N Now, see how thi girl turns Dick op and down. Comfort is holding Dick of being responsible for htr pregnancy'while Dick denies. "Leave me!, leave me1 ", said Dick. "I will never leave you unless you agree to marry me as you promised ma before " : Comfort. said This is a lesson to boys and girls of nowadap wbo think that intercourse is a p a s p r t to life. C. F I sc . $3 .r J � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Onitsha Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Life turns man up and down : money and girls turn man up and down Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Olisah, Okenwa Type The nature or genre of the resource Onitsha market literature Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Onitsha, Nigeria: Njoku & Sons Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1964? Language A language of the resource English Subject The topic of the resource Nigerian literature (English) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ksrl.c3309 Description An account of the resource This cleverly-titled work from Sunday O. Olisah, also known as "the Strong Man of the Pen," is described as "a psychological pamphlet" that examines the connections surrounding poverty, unhappiness, success and progress, (pg. 3). The cover has an illustration of a pensive man seated on a chair with a caption below that states, "This man thinks about his life. His problems are many. I am very sorry for him." A strong theme running through this advice-filled pamphlet, also common in much market literature, is that "Men die in many ways because of money and women," (pg. 34).<br /><br />One example of how "girls turn man up and down" appears on the first page where Comfort holds Dick responsible for her pregnancy, (pg. 1). Dick wants Comfort to leave him, but she insists that they marry. Olisah makes his message clear to any reader "who thinks that intercourse is a pass port [sic] to life," (pg. 3). Another story of a life turned upside-down comes from a long letter written by Paul Ebeme who laments his wife's attempt to poison him after carrying on an affair with his friend (pg.30-33). Although he recovers from the poisoning after paying for an expensive cure, his wife decides to leave him to marry the other man. This is just one case of how "Man is born to sweat before he eats," (pg. 35).<br /><br />The author includes sayings labeled as "wise for your life to widen your knowledge" that include "A small man's mouth is his protection" and "Poverty is better than illness," (pg. 13). Some expressions have disturbing connotations related to masculine pride, such as "It is better to hear that a man beats a woman than to hear that a woman beats a man," (pg. 13) and "No man agrees that he is poor before a woman," (pg. 14). As a counter to these statements, Olisah notes" One does not know how valuable a mother is until she is dead," (pg. 16). Others contain even more wit such as "if a thief steals a thief he needs no sympathy," (pg. 15) and "a man who claims that he knows everything knows nothing,"(pg. 16). In a right-side-up world, wives would respect their husbands and the state would respect its citizens, according to Olisah. 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