The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-08-06

se,netnng sne doesn't need. rave
another cigar, old man. / put all
the ready money a had into a car
man needs little recreation after
I business hours--and what docs size
do but up and buy a pianol She
/ doesn't know one note from another,
and naturally that means a course OF
lessons. Guess Se'd better have Just
another little bottle of that wine,
hadn't we2 I've just been moving
into larger and better offices. | got
tired of that dingy little hole ! was
in. Help business1 Well, | don't
know about that part of it. Busi-
ness was all right in the old place.
Still, l though I'd like a change even
5f the rent is a whole lot higher.
We'll, the point is, no sooner do |
move than she begins to worry the
Ilife out of me about moving out of
pur fiat into bigger, more expensive
pne further downtown. And she had
mo earthly reason except that she.
didn't like the ncighborhood we were
hn. Then, as soon as we got moved,
She began to buy all sorts OF high
priced furniture. And she knew as
well as | did that / had just put
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 man. A woman ought to
be willing to do some of the saving,
but no, just as soon as ! think I'm
beginning to get on my teet, she
runs me way into debt again Tor
some kind OF nonsense. She speEjs
an enormous amount on clothes. l
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-auari
tiers. And the candy bills she runs
iup! You'd naturally suppose a full'
grown woman could. exist without
candy every minute. My turn again,
old man And try another -of thesa
cigars. Yes. they sell for a quarter
but | get them by the box.
I'll tell you what made me mort
disgusted than anything else, and
that's a brand-new proposition shf
sprang on me last night. She already
has a cook and a housemaid. and nov
what does she want but a butler
Think of it. on my incomel Why
we'll simply go to smash Il hall
isn't called pretty soon. | told hei
we couldn't afford it. and she asked
me why / didn't discharge the chauf
feur. Said I'd learned how to rui
the car and didn't need him ant
more. ! suppose there is somethind
in that but who wants to be grimei
up all the time from monkeying witx
a lot of greasy machinery? Sorry
you're going. Let's have little DRINK
first. Good-by. If you hear OF my
going bankrupt, remember ! prophe-
sled it. So-long.
Scene II. CA grocery-store. Tan!
ker still expounding.) - Good Lordl
Fifty cents for butter1 When saw
il on the bill, told my wife i must
be a mistake. And forty-eight for
eggsl No wonder a 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. You aren't |
to blame for the prices1 Maybe not,
but who is? They all say the same
thing-someone else is at the bottom
81 It. All can say is, it's about time |
something was done People of mod
crate incomes are all going down and |
but unless somebody gets busy be-
fore long and straightens things our |
4 little. It's a case OF pinch ana |
scrimp and save all the time.
Well, / won't be able to pay the !
whole bill this time. Some OF it viii I
have to 20 over till next month. The
ford knows how I'm going TO make |
both ends meet if you keep on lifting !
prices. | no sooner see chance OF
getting on to my feet than up goes
Everything another notch. It's get'
ting so a man has to. be a millionaire
In order to keep the game. gong