Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-07-24
s III VI VA
Such IS Life
Ina
Big City

cal comedy. I. 4
The only reason why John wa
net the gayest boy n the white way
squad was that he couldn't acculan.
late The price thereof.
He had the hankering to hear the
latest tunes. see the prettiest show
girls In their thinnest attire and ling;
er till the morning hours lured By
the wttchng music Sof the cabaret Of
the dansant. 5ss i
John couldn't accumulate enough
Eof the kale 70 pay, for two seats III
the theatre and two more at the the
dansant in the same month, but he
vas willing to take. In the show one
month and the dance the next. !:
But Mrs. John put the brake On
such aspirations. Her idea Of up-
r~carious delight was to indulge in q
|shakespearian revival OF something
equally hilarious, She ~worshipped
Masde Adams lld revelled In, "A
Midsummer Nights Dream.5 81 any
thing sweet, pretty and simple.
When John had enough saved up
TO propose their monthly celebration
he began By letting Mrs. John select
the play. Consequently he gave up
2 considerable number Of good, hard
round dollars for several hours Of
misery watching second rate actors
and actresses trying to put a dismal
failure over Just once, It'll.
She led him TO all the melodramas,
near dramas and folk plays before
they were banishhed to p the bush cir
cults. II
Being experienced IA the husband
business, John bore his suffering
like martyr, but he lot about as
much amusement out Of II as an ennis.
sary on his. way from Huerta witt d
message to. General Villa demand
ing his surrender. sY
Sometimes ne would have been
happier backed up to the adobe wall
with the squad waiting the firing
After about q year Of this kind OF
agony John screwed up his courage
and begged Mrs. John either to try
musical comedy once III q while or
put him out. of. his misery. ss
I'LL haven't seen q show girl for 80
long I've forgotten what they look
lfka," he argued. I'D like to zee
The Fcllies once more before l de-
In q weak moment Mrs. John let
the oars and John led the way
10 the best advertised musical com
sdy. guaranteed 10 have less plot and
more pretty, girls than anything pro-
luced this season.
Mrs. John grftted her teeth and
PIT ~. with II without protest all
through the first act. but when they
began to mig up the wives. and make
light Off divorce, she asked him ff hS
liked this sort Of thing
John sheepishly admitted that he
I'D. h
I We'll, It don't take much Is amuse
/ child was her comment.
I After that John RETAINED from ap-l
,lauding when the chorus did itsl
[tartling ensemble, with skirts sflying. II
On the way home Mrs. John sydelivsl
red some comments on the line 81
amusement that appealed to men
hit would hare shriveled an asbes-
os curtain. .s3
When John tried to compromise by
lr0mising to take her to the next
az problem play or the latest idea
4 the "0ther Woman" triangle de.
tgps, she withered him with d look.
she declared that Il he could not
Axe his wife "a see q play that had
Ne approvAlsof the Board Of Health
a had better stay home and mind
be baby.
up to date they have compromised.
6rs. John attendszt the sewing andalit.
rarys clubs. while John visits the
alleys and tries to find ex
uses Tor . night out alOne.sy
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