The sun., 1908-12-27

other sort Of disease or vice or bad Q
oareleas habit or whatever you aleot i
call it. You don't have to throw you
husbands hard earned money ava.
as II It were DO much chalk, you know
And so II you have any intention or Dc
sire TO cooperate with me In sort Of switch
Ing the out AROUND here during the oom
Ing year, perhaps you might devote tive
or three minutes every day from nov
on to saying to yourself that you're q
least going to make an effort during thu
year 1909 to give your husband ohancc
for his taw agate In money matters anc
not blow the ooin in as II the man who's
name you're bearing had a little private
miat working day and night down at hii
place Of business.
How's that9 Oh. you think ] ought
TO begin the New Year by increasing
your allowance for household expenses
do your HUH Sure you dol
I,might have expected that you'd SHOOT
In some kind Of crack like that. even al
30 inopport,Ine q time as this. when ] an
endeavoring In spirit befitting the sea.
con to show you how you might help u
make things heap better around hare
than they have been.
Inqreass the budget for household ex.
penses, heyp Well. I hate to cay it
madam, but there good deal more brass
In that proposition than anything I've
heard you give utteranoe to for quite some
time. just plain brass Of the sordid
commercial or grating variety.
It's q wonder to me that you don't
shoot over the suggestion that hand ell
OF the money that earn by the sweat Of
my brow over to you and let you dish
out lunch money and carfare TO me
as you zee At. e matter OF straight
out fact. that's just about the way the
game frames up around here now.
As I think I've mentioned to you
hitherto, all I get out Of the business Of
living Ia place to sleep and something
to eat, and here you are right on deck
with the suggestion that ought to slip
you every cent I make and permit you
to do all of the disbursing
Huh7 What, you didn't cay that7 Well,
what did you say. then7 Oh. that's all
you said, eh2 Well, say different; that's
all, and that ends IT,
You came right out and limited that you
ought to be the holder of all the coin that
finds it's way into this family. II you
didn't say that almost in so many words
then I'm deaf. that's all.
You'll be good enough TO remember
that am acquainted with whole lot Of
married fellows around this town who've
been hopelessly ruined by the foolish,
the wanton extravaganza. OF their wives.
and IL you think you've got million to
one chance to lead me by the nose down
that path OF bustedness why you've got
more thinks a-coming than could be
registered on a whole carload Of phono-
records, and don't you forget it.
But what's the use? Here am mildly
to suggest that you make
certain resolutions for the new year
and the best ] get is
How's thatp Oh, started this thing
of by announcing what resolutions I
myself was going to make for the new
year, and now I'm winding up by telling
you what resolutions TO make?
Well. that settles it. l might have
known you'd have staked me to some
such an insult as that, I'm a zap for
expecting to get away with anything
elevating or uplifting around here.
Well, we'll, what dye think o. that for a
! stab? By jing, il you could only see
yourself in your true light for about
one-eighth Of a second | wonder what
vou'd think of YOURSELF