The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-11
Our Fathers Spent Only One
. !. Z. Thirteenth What We %
+GIRLs ARE EXPENSIVE LUxURIES
FORTY YEARS AGO A HAM SAND.
WITCH TOOK PLACE OF AN
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yeeta. OYSTER SUPPER.

| A man who has two sons old enough
ito be paying court to two young wom-
en- was scolding them recently because
they spent so much money.
1 my boys" he said, 1.-The Bible says
I you shall live by the sweat of your
brow. But you fellows are not doing
it. You've gotten along fairly well in
this world. with the aid of your dad
| dy's perspiration. 1 spent forty-f1ve
years Harvesting up my bank roll and
! putting it to work. l spent two years
inducing your mother to head in on
my siding, and it didn't cost me more
than $40 to get her to make the switch.
If you put in two years at the rate
! you've been going, it'll take a thou
sand.
! In Olden Times.
Forty years ago a girl was salts
fed with an occasional trip to a
party, or to little dance. Now
dance costs you about SO for a carriage
and at least 81 for a bite to eat after
it's over. When 1 was young we would
walk to our dances. if we were in town
or drive our own team if in the coun-
try. And whoever gave the dance al
ways provided a little something to
eat. We did not have fiOwers-cOuld
dance just as we'll without 'em and
have Just as good time. No theater
dinners either If we ever went to
La theater, we went to see the perform
ance and not to look for something to
/ eat.
"Of course, I'm not blaming you, be-
cause it's customary these days to see
how much money you can spend and
how little you can get. You are trav-
cling in a nice crowd and are court
ing.
1t Costs Money to % It.
1T costs money to court a girl. She
has to have her theaters, her dances
her rides in motor cars, her flowers
and all those things. And if you don't
provide them she'll scratch your name
from the tea list. Imagine one of your
young women going to a box party
where 25 cents was paid for box;
Where she drew a ham sandwich, q
hard boiled egg, some pie, cake and ar
lapple! Do you think she'd know how tC
shell the eggs and clamp into tina
half pound sandwich? Not much! She
would want a couple of shrimps served
on sprig of lettuce, with water waf-
ers on the side. Then she'd ask for q
glass of white wine to chase it down
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two sups of coffee followed by Z
chunk of that cheese that has moldy
green spots inside.
Two Boxes If Necessary.
"And she won't think any more o.
you than the girls thought of us wher
we gave 'em a good feed at our ole
box suppers. If one box wasn't enough
we'd get two. We never let 'em sc
home hungry. And I'll bet that's moro
than half of you fellows do now. It:
a good hundred to- one shot that aftel
you've taken your girls home from one
of those fashionable dances she long!
for a good square lunch of bread ant
milk, or something of the kind.
AT Christmas time she woult
laugh if you sent her a nice new al
bum and a pair of good yarn gloves
Now, she wants some otter furs. {
jewel case and some elbow kid glove:
and you'll buy EN-, too, because you art
counting her."
The old man made out list of wha
it cost him to court his wife for {
Forty VThnn Of hi
sons made out a list of his expenses
in counting his girl during the las
year and it was 10 times as much a:
his fathers.