Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-13

Scene l. (Club cafe. Tauker and
l.isson at table. Tauker expounds.)
Yes, as | was saying, my wife doesn't
know the meaning of the word save.
She's always spending money for
something she doesn't need Have
another cigar, old man. l put all
the ready money had into car
man needs little recreation after
business hours-and what does she
do but up and buy pianol She
doesn't know one note from another,
and naturally that means a course OF
lessons. Guess we'd better have Just
another little bottle of that wine,
hadn't we? I've just been moving
into larger and better Offices. l got
tired of that dingy little hole l was
in. Help business1 Well, | don't
know about that part of it. Busi-
ness was all right in the old place.
Still, | though I'd like change even
ii the rent is a whole lot higher.
Well, the point is, no sooner do |
move than she begins to worry the
life out of me about moving out OF
our fiat into bigger, more expensive
one further downtown. And she had
no earthly reason except that she
didn't like the neighborhood we were
i'll. Then, as soon as we got moved,
she began to buy all sorts of high
priced furniture. And she knew as
we'll as | did that had just put a
small fortune into new Office fixtures
She said our old stuff wasn't good
enough for the new location. That's
the way it goes. do all the econo-
MIXING. No, no, old chap, this ones
on me.
The whole thing is enough to dis
courage a man. A woman ought to
be willing to do some of the saving,
but no, just as soon as l think I'm
beginning to get on my feet, she
runs me way into debt again for
some kind OF nonsense. She spetjs
an enormous amount on clothes. |
like to see a woman dress well, but
there's a limit. o yes, like to dress
well myself, but I'll bet don't spend
half as much as she does on clothes.
Well. say two-thirds or three-duar-
ters. And the candy bills she runs
upl You'd naturally suppose full
grown woman could exist without
candy every minute. My turn again.
old man. And try another of these
cigars. Yes they sell for quarter.
but | get them by the box
I'll tell you what made me more
disgusted than anything else, and
that's brand-new proposition she
sprang on me last night She already
has a cook and housemaid, and now
what does she want but butler
Think OF it, on my income Why,
we'll simply 60 to smash II halt
isn't called pretty soon. | told her
we couldn't afford it, and she asked
me why didn't discharge the chauf-
feur. Said I'd learned how TO run
the car, and didn't need him any
more. / suppose there is something
in that, but who wants TO be grimed
up all the time from monkeyinR with
lot of greasy machinery Sorry
you're going. Let's have little drink
first. Good-by, II you hear OF my
going bankrupt, remember | prophe-'
sled it. So-long.
Scene II, "a grocery-store. Tau
ser stu eNpoundlng,) - Good Lorul
Fifty cents for buttere When | saw
it on the bill, | told my wife 1t must
be a mistake. And forty-eight for
eggsl No wonder man can't get
along these days. Somebody's in wait
to rob him from the time he gets
up till he goes to bed. Yov aren't
to blame for the pricesl Maybe not,
but who isl They all say the same
thing--someone else Is at the bottom
OF it. All can say is, It's about time
something was done. People OF mod
crate incomes are all going down and
out unless somebody gets busy be-
fore long and straighteps things OUT
little. It's case OF piheh ana
scrimp and save all the time.
Well, won't be able to pxy the
whole bill this time. Some OF 4 win
have to 20 over till next month. The
Lord knows how I'm going to taake
both ends meet II you Keep on lilting
prices. e1 no sooner see chance OF
getting on to my feet than up goes
everything another notch. It's gtt-
ting so a man has to be a millionaire