The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-04-19
Bill Arp on the Rack He Pleads Alder
manic Duties at 2 in the Morning.

Bill Arp, editor of the Rome Commercial,
has been swimming around the council
chambers EVERY night during the mum
dation Of his city, and here's what comes
II his being out. IL viii apply to other
places as well as Rome r.
Every night Here it Is half past
one o'clock les a wonder you came home
at all What -do-you-th think "a woman
lis made for | do believe if robber
was to come and carry me off you wouldn't
care a-What IL 1t You say City council
business must be attended to : How do
know you go 70 the city council Does
the city council meet every night
They don't meet hut once a week in New
York. But ! suppose Rome is u more
Important place. Oh, yes, out every night.
Twelve O'Clock one o'clock-two o'clock.
Here stay with the children all alone
lying awake half the night waiting for you
Couldn't come home any sooner Of
course YOU couldn't YOU didn't wan; to.
But know something you think | dqn,t
hut ! do That / do wish | didn't
Where were you Monday night I Tell me
that The marshal told me that the city
council didn't meet that night. Now what
have yoal got "a say Couldn't get quo
rum. Well, if you couldn't, why didn't
you come homei Out EVERY night
hunting for -a--quorum. But you
wouldn't hunt for me this late II ! was
missing Where were you Thursday and
Friday night There was show in town,
wasn't therel What did you buy that bot
tie of hair oil for and hide i'll Oil for your
hone, indeed. Who ever heard Of hair oil
for milestone 50 you think | didn't
see you IN the other room brushing and
greaslng your haIr and looking in the glass
at your pretty self A man ought to be
decent He ought, ought he! Yes, indeed,
man ought to, and a decent man will stay
at home with his wife sometimes and not
be ont every night. How comes it that
the city council didn't meet but twice n
month last year, Trying to work it out Of
debt. Yes, that's probable laugh
ing and joking and smoking and swap
ping lies will work debt OF, won't it
Now-l-want't- ito know how-much
longer -you-ar egoing to keep-up
this night businessl Yes, want to
know. Out every night. City council,
Freemasons, shows, hair oll-and brush,
and brush, and brush until you We nearly
worn out the brush and your head too.
What is it you sayi II helps your bust
ness 10 keep up your social relationl All,
mdesd You We got relations here at home,
sir. shey need keeping up some should
think. What did you say about catching
4 the other night at whist partyl- Eel
lows, its IL o'clock, but let's play d while
longer We won't catch it any worse when
We get home. pretty speech for de
cent man to make. Catch it! Catch it :.
Well, | intend you shall catch ia little.
What's that you say! If wouldn't fret
you So you void stay at home more, Well,
sir, do you stay at home first few nights
and try 1t. Perhaps the iretting would
stop. Out every night because ! fret
you 30. What's that sirl You know la
dies who amt always a scolding their hus-
bands You do, do YOU How come you
to know theml What business have YOU
to know themi What right have you to
know whether other women fret or not
That's always the way. You men think
all other women are saints but your wives,
oh, yes saints saints. I'll have you
to know, sir, that there isn't a woman in
this town that's more of a saint than am
know them all sra h-e-a. p better than
you do. You only see the sugar and honey
side of them, and they-only -see-the e
sugar -side-of-you. Now, sir, | Just
want you to knew that if you can't stay at
home more than you do, Ill leave these
children here to get burnt up and I'll 60
out every night. When n poor woman
gets desperate, why, sir, she is she is
desperate that's all =