The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-27
SAID BY A GAS COLLECTOR.
He Tells Why Bills Are Larger Sem
Moutha Than (l6hepa.

He Tells Why Bulls Are Larger ssaa
Months Than Others.
There are gas collectors and gas col
lectors. Some enter your premises Ike
q raging lion and some like Q sucking
dove. Some look as II they had just
come from the works" aud are strong
Iy redolent of gas tar, and others culti'
vaae a dudish elegance which would b
funny II it were not semi pitiful.
OF the many gas collectors know
the most charming is handsome old
man with ruddy face, snow white
mustache, somewhat equity fest. end
smile which positively iliuminates
the room he enters. do noe know biz
name or anything about him. but
know he has seen much Of life and has
forgotten very little Of the many things
he has learned.
II speaking OF his calling he said:
There - much more in gas bills than
you might believe. After you bavs
been on q certain route for q long
time every gas bill is q little book in
itself. II you take q house where 9
family lives in decent style you know
just about how much gas they ere go
ing to burn for reading and enter
tanning. II the bill runs over this figure
you know that they are lavish In their
hospitality, that they live well, that
they are generous and good-natsred.
Their servans girls stay with them
Q long time and generally become fat
and rosy. They themselves incrsase in
weight and there Is vsry hts1s danger
Of their moving away In hurry. 30.
on the other hand. when a bin runs
below what It ought TO Be you know
that in that family sorrow sfts On the
hesrthstone and hunger occypdes the
cupbosxd. The servant girls are a.
ways thin and ohangs sesuhrly every
two or three months. Tho woman Of
thu house 10 thin IN the face and form.
and the man has usually a sad and
somewhat henpecked appearance.
where the newsboy throws in more
than three or four pepess 9 day and the
gas bills are high It u safe 20 bet that
the family are rather literary IN their
tastes. and that at least ons Of them
uses spectecles.
Where tbe papers are nurerous and
The bills very low the bead Of the house
In generally . noisy reform politician.
who denounces everybody az 'yasoal'
until he himsst ests into Office. sod
then the bills 90 up and the papers 60
down.
When It comes 70 professions, the
very busy do no& run large gas bills.
The doctor. the lawyer snd the newspa-
per msn, who vofk very hard 10 tAls
Office Or u the opsn. are usually % siEsd
THAI they 60 70 bed - soon ~ they
can. Their wires seldom sit 40 fer
them sfser the 6r>t year Of married
life has gone by. The 60 - tbeveforc
turned down. and the bib become dis
couraginsly email 70 the company.
Young doctors who give diuner parties.
young lawyers who cultivate whist,
genial newvpsper men who Ike poker.
ara The geDe8emen who. when bad
them hiAs, invariably remark: I can<
undesstaaA Why my gas bin shouN Be
% large
Il understand perfectly. but I say
nothing.
''Ceussahip is . good thing 20 sass
ges bgls- Young women ens>g-d or
sbooA 70 be engaged usually nsaa q re-
cuct$oa IN gus bills OF Two dollars .
ron& Gross children On the osbe.
land generally snisc 90 bills 4oiiss
. month BieyetDs ka1 injured the
gas trade terribly. Pir<. he hnsh.nd
gces sBs upon . wheel: thsn The wife
follow his e1ample- TIE - = sWns4
Gown. sad vhea sAey eoUs Ssdk 49,
are zsuaiiy 20 t,rsd from - IooG spln
that they have 10 d<s:ss 20 1T Up ard
burn the midnight on
-Peopss who asss(~syssxpsSi0sn<~
ieg with econouscsl bune1 AZ 10y
rood castoDcEs- They hs~e different
styles Of stps II dt4ereas -ooDss rSerty
regardless Of the pressure s1d chreAse
20 themselves IN ssvina = haA loot IN
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