The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-10
The Day Of Debts.

- Hp New Yenr season brings other
A things besides sladuess and good
" resolutions. Tho bills como In
bunchcs and everybody that is anybody
WANTS to wipe the slate clean of them
II IS funny. too. how tho incidentai oi'''
of the household that have been forgotten
because they havo never been renucre"
pour 10 at this particular time.
Tho doctor, who has not sent state
mcnt since Adam wns boy, presents MS
The dentist who had been entirely for
gotten since the last timo his services
wcro required sends In one that makes
father say things that would not sound
grammatical to Wilie's Sunday-school
tencher The baker, who likes to get bis
money In punches instead or by the DAY.
when be knows his customers are aii
right, comes along and would request TO
have his particular amount Immediately
for 0our Is high And then there Is the
ront. which must never be neglected. and
the ens bill and Belindn's wages and the
other thousand and one items OF regular
exnendIture for which the head OF every
household makes special provision
Father Gets tho Bills.
On the dreaded morning after the New
With scowling expectation. Years OF ex-
pcricnce hnve taught him what to look
forward TO 10 tho way OF facts and ng-
urcs for ONCE consumption md settle
ment Mother knows that he knows, and
busics herself with her household duties.
She sees that his coffee Is just right.
She looks after his toost and browns IL
iust tho way she knows he likes to havo
it. Tho meal Is very satisfactory and
I.tz ha fa
TO 60 oflcewnrd mother kisses him 40
nrectionntc good-by. and just as she LIS
nbout to close the door on him hands him
the fatal package Of envelopes. BE sticks
IT In his pocket md hurrics to tho car
md wonders. to the forsctfulness OF MS
morning newspaper, IL the amount Is
lurge and II he cnn meet 1t
Timely Cogitntfons.
The bank account has had some sad In
roads made In II during tho holiday sea-
son. Closing his eyes to tho thing tbnt
he knew was coming, the dear man bnd
been lavish to a fault. Mother obtained
thnt expensive set OF seolskins. Sure sho
did, and didn't sho earn thcm, ana
wouldn't she have received them just tho
samc II they cost twice the amount
Nothing too good for bis wife-certalniy
not. And then there were the folder
lois Tor the girls, buCo tuiuSS peAuh ~.
lectively described as jewelry- But jewell
~ Is expensive What's the difference.
though. when q father wnuts to mako his
girls hnppyl And little Willie. the mis-
chlevous Imp. got everything be wanted.
Certainly. Why shouldn't hci Doesn't his
fnther know him TO be the brightest boy
that ever played hookey7 And then the
subscriptions for dinners for the poor and
the presents for the numerous relatives
aud friends man couldn't be brute
enough to allow his wife aud daughters to
look cheap Mt Christmas.
But the season is over. and hard facts
face the poor man as tho street car tolts
him along his way to the Office. The pack
nge of bills is not opened right away
when the sacred precincts arc reached.
No. Indeed. Business is business, and the
odlce mall comes 0rst.
Bills Are Evcrywhcre.
Bills, bills, bills-disastcr seems to face
the man. he leans his arms on his desk,
and, holding his head in his hand. tries
TO think He admits that be has been as
derelIct iu his duty to his personal credi-
tors ms the folks at home have been. he
begins to be reasonable, md goes over
the accounts his wife presented TINT
morning,
Dentist HIN a long time since /