Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-07
APLAN THAT FAILED
From The Washington stal

From the Washington Star.
There's a certain young married couple
In this town, who. after a year OF strict
economy, have now forever forsworn. fru-
.gality. They nave firmly declared their
intention to give the saving habit the
perennial p~ass-along.
There is a little story behind the dislike
with which they now regard the economiz-
ing habit.
The male one-eighth OF the matrimonial
sketch Is a young man with a s.. 00 billet.
The couple have been married for about
four years. Up to about this time last
year they were living up to the last ptastre
of the 5000 per anEum.
'They occupied a $55-a-month fiat, and the
remainder Of the salary bank-roll went for
such chicken-fecd expenses as food SER
want hire. buds. smokes, theaters. car
fares. gas and SO on.
Both of the young married people were
fond Of watching the gec-gees wallow
two annual racing meetings. and. as regu-
1arly IA the thoroughbreds reached Ben
ming. they were-of course-shredded and
set back quite severely. But. oh. they sure
did love to see 'cm run!
Along about this time last year they
both were sctsed by the economical bug at
tho same time. 1t was the homc-acquirinR
lmicrobc that thus simultaneously grabbed
tham.
Lets stop being c%ut'ups.' the man said
to his wife one day last September. and
get 4 roof of QUIZ W over our heads"
il was just exactly what she herself had
been thinking, and she said SO with en-
thusiasm.
First thing ! know" he went on. elo-
Quently. III be an old no-account nuis-
ancc. Here l am. ~thirty-flvc already: n
at this rate. by the time I'm forty. 1 won't
have a c~ollar-button. It's time we cut out
being such hoydcns and saved something
Tor a shark nf MIR nun u,hafc"
Shed just been going to say the same
thing herself for weeks past. only she'd
been afraid that he might think that she
wanted to have him deprive himself OF a
little fun occasionally. etc.
"Fun.. nothln.' he said. austerely. I'm
getting tired Of the kind o. fun that keeps
us up against 1t on the dough question all
the ~.time-nothin' In II. And l sure don't
intcnd to get to be an old yamigan OF forty
WITHOUT having a tin roof. anyhow, to
show for my arduous labors In the vine.
yard"
The tumultuous applause from his wife
which this exalted sentiment called for
was hisn'n. Of course
Now he went on. Its Just this way:
Here we are. coughing up nfty-fve per
lunar month for this nat. That's a big
Dug that ffty-hve. The furniture that
we've got doesn't measure up to the nat.
Tho OATS all right. but the furniture with
which it's furnished y u heap taddy. Now,
on October the ffrst the agent OF this fat'll
pass 1t along to me to sign q lease for an
other year. II l dc that. I'll want to herd
one OF thu installment men up in a corner
OF as plant and take everything he's got
In stock away from him on the excite
mcnt plan. l wouldn't ie. the furniture
thai we've got now live In this nat with
sMc FOR aLether hull year. Wei;. she raid
that I'D make on the in~stal.nent house 'ud
set me back another four or Ave hundred.
Bus Il we make up our minds to ccono-
mike. VIC can get i cheaper fiat-a three
or. Tour room dink. II neccsse ~v-and Just
6 camp out FOR . year. The furniture that
CIV already got will do ali riri,t for tho
Q and smaller w..ckicup. and NC
NAs1ldn't have to :,uy 20 much a. a what
eot- And We could stun away about xev-