New Britain herald., 1915-08-07

The custom of observing Mother day is indeed a beautiful one.
 But why overlook father?
 l have made a careful examlnatloh into the subject, having interVle"eo 8 number of fathers in this town III regard to the matter, and, while they each appeared reticent at nrst' anu displayed an undue amount or Inoo- esty regarding my suggestion, they at last saw it nay way, writes L. H. A'' in the Jacksonville Times-Onlo
 regard why should poor old hard- working father not have day when I put the question right up to the first father I visited, he scratched ms head thoughtfully for moment With the fountain pen he was writing checks with, and said if it was all the same he would prefer to have a Fathers night. His suggestion, which the reader will readily see was a good one. was that one night in the year be set aside to be known as Fathers night, and on this night fa- ther should be permitted to celebrate it himself in his own way.
 For One Nights Freedom.
 On this night he should be allowed free play of his imagination and fan cies. No restrictions of any kind should be thrown around him. He should be permitted one night off, with a pocketful of money, to do just as he liked and go where. he listeth. , The idea struck me quite forcibly as an excellent one, and one that would receive the hearty approval of every father in the land.
 Poor old wheel horses who are tied down to office or store would just jump up in the air, kick their heels together and whoop and holler in glee could they have one, night of unre- stricted liberty to be known as Fa- ther's night. s<
 On this night paw could take the touring car and turn it into poul- try truck if he wanted to.
 Could Go To The Cabaret.
 He could go to a cabaret and trot till the rosy fingered dawn had beck oned him hom eward.
 He could come in as pickled as pigs foot and no one could say him nay. .-..-
 On this night the mayor of the town would hand him over the keys to the gay burg and say, Welcome to our city..'' ... , @.. ..s, <.z Every citizen saw fell for the idea of g. Fathers night, one little night out of the three hundred and sixty five that was all fathers ownest own.
 Getting the wives consent is now the next step. This may be consid- erable of a step. too, but l think l can accomplish it. Most wives love their husbands and could probably be induced to give them one night in which to forget their troubles One woman I spoke to on the subject said she would be willing to trust her husband anywhere, just so she could stick around.
 One Night in Year to Be His.
 She said she thought poor, tired, overworked husbands ought to be given one night in the year in which to enjoy themselves, and to make their enjoyment more complete ought to take their wives along with them. She said she sometimes, in the goodness of her heart, gave her hus- band two bits and told him to go out and have a good time with the boys, just so he got in by 2 o'clock. There W dSil O p1I SiStC OA N-- she declared.
 That's what I like to see-wives and husbands getting on nicely to- gether, and a perfect understanding like this esta blished.
 Learn to Revere Fathers Night.
 A married pair ought to pull to- gether like a team of horses-mayoe they could if there were only one tongue between them.
 Let us learn to revere this Fathers night just as much as we do Motner's day.
 Poor dad gets mighty little pleas ure out of life, I'm here to tell you. He slaves all day in the office to get money for mother and the girls to give to the poor summer resort hotel proprietors, who have large families to support and have a great struggle trying to make both ends meat anG vegetable.
 Poor old dad-he has a hard time working the boys way through col lege and letting the boy get credit for it.
 Bills. Bills. Just Bills.
 He has to be very firm with the pretty stenographer at times. Some times she positively refuses to put up her chewing gum and at others she declines pointblank to go out to lunch