April 30

A friend, Harry, loved dogs, especially a favorite, “Whiskers” who always went everywhere with him. Once Harry had to go to a nearby town on some business. He wrote to a hotel asking if he could bring his dog with him. The reply was:

Dear Sir:

By all means bring your dog Whiskers along. Dogs rate high in this hotel. Never have I had to eject an unruly dog in the middle of the night. Never has a dog gotten drunk and messed my furniture. I have never had a dog go to sleep and set the mattress on fire with a lighted cigarette. Never has a dog made drinking-glass rings on my dressers. I have never yet found a towel or an ashtray in a dog’s suitcase. So bring your dog along.

P.S. You can come, too, if the dog will vouch for you.