New Britain herald., 1915-08-07
Mothers Day Indeed Beautiful One;
 But Why Not Have Fathers Night
Let Oyerworked Head of Fla ny Go to the Cabaret and Enjoy White Lights and Modern Dances Until
 Dawn Beckons Him Homeward

with paw-unless he promises to buy
 lobster la Newburg.
 Poor father-in the 'courtship days l 1t was bills and coos-now in the
 married days it's just bills. A Fathers day wouldn't be desir- able. He doesn't want anybody to wear white .carnation or daisy or a sunf1ower in their buttonhole for
 him. That's why he prefers to have his at night.
 l He doesn't want you to celebrate It
 for him either, thank you. He says
 he had rather do his own celebrating
 in his own little quiet way.
 Some fathers prefer to celebrate by , going over and sitting in the Y. M !; c. A. Others prefer to have a game
 of Kelly pool. Others would sit on
 the front porch in sock feet smoking
 a cheroot to keep the mosquities away
 and thinking the long, quiet thoughts ! of youth
 See If Figures Are Correct. Just a few. a small few. would
 like to beat it for the White lights and pink tights Would be very,
 very happy to hike to cabaret and
 hear the latest songs and see the new
 est dances, and with bookkeeping i'm
 
 trotting women to see if the figures
 are correct.
 Yes, a small clientele would cele-
 brate Fathers night by fitting hither and thither from cabaret to cabaret
 like little butterfly going from rose
 to rose and slipping the honey from
 each.
 1 You never can tell. Now, father l might be, as mother says, the best
 man under the sun; but Lord, you l ought to see him when the stars come 1 out. Yes; when 'tis night time, love, that's when the old man rubs him. | self up with a sort of mysterious oil 1 of joy and with his hat set on one 1 side of his head and his hands in his trousers pockets, goes hoppity, 1 skippity, jumpity along like a boy l turned out of school for vacation. His Hat in the Ring. Ha, ha! The old man is young again-rejuvenated has bathed in Ponce de Leon's fountain of youths and his hat is in the ring. He has been to the barber shop 1 and a nice clean shave There is tonic on his hair>a and powder and per
  i has had his nails manicured, and ye gods, he has on a sport shirt His old thin neck protruding above the l low collar looks like that of a, tur- 1 key gobb1er's which hasn't had any 1 thing to eat for a month. His old Adams apple bobs merrily up and 1 down. however and the old boy twirl- l eth his natty cane and steppeth as if on air.
 The night air is bad for the old l boy, but he doesn't give a darn, for l he is observing Fathers night and he just hews to the line, let the chips fall where they may. He knows in his heart he will 1 take rheumatism in his poor old l linn bs before the gray dawn is ushered 1 in. but he is a real sport and he | will just grin and bear it. Getting Run For Their Money. l His new tight hobby shoes are l giving his corns a heluva run for their money. but he hobbies along l and tries to stand it yet a little while, l though to tell you the truth he would 1 like to be at home in his comfortaple bedroom slippers.
 | He cannot turn back, friendly l swinging doors beckon to him at
 every corner and he sees dozens or
 other dignified old dads doing Just
 like he is doing, wearing just what
 he is wearing, suffering just what ne l is suffering.
 1 By and by all the fathers in town 1 will meet at certain auditorium
 and deliver speeches on this giorious ] occasion and give out for publication in the newspapers many sio"hs tributes to this great occasion, known as Fathers night. Some Of the orli- liant orators will be so full or the cup that cheers and musses that they will be scarcely able to articulate, put the alert young reporters will smooth out the wrinkles and join together the incoherent sentences that man hath l parted asunder.
 An. Fathers night will yet be the red-hottest spot on the calendar. Congress may yet be induced to take it up. Lo, it may reach to every city and hamlet in the world, filling every fathers heart with gladness.
 The child is father to the man and
 thus will countless generations yet unborn be benefited. Our hats off to Fathers night, may it become a reality.