Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09
TOMMY ATKINS
WIFE OR WIDOW
ENJOYING LIFE
conaration Allowance Gives
"Mary Ann" Her First
Spending Money
pcooD TIME" COMES FIRST
n. ELLEN ADAIR



Is now .,o condition of the very poor is
sense en,,i,, t, ameliorated. results of addi-
tlsuIf'r ,,orey flowing into the home have
uy''t w 20 many grave complications
". for instance the home of the
I'm ,',H,,,an who before the war earned
W." s.n ,,eek-uuite a fair average for the
S.,isb workman He had wife and. let
h d. vs., four children. Their abode was
semslun1 ,.-
A., the end Of each week he gave his
10 s5 for rent, taxes. food, household
o,nenditures and the buying OF cloLneS
M MphIn,eelf and the entire family. This
w...once ~, MUS in fact. cover everything.
auvnS auv,,a,inr The home, Honest John keeping
81" rsn,ainng So for his own little
Injuries
Tho wife spent every cent of the 81 al
- ber on stern necessities. No pocket
oonov for her. The British working
o in short was inclined to regard his
u,,fo as the automaton who did the cook.
,rs reared the children. worked like
slave and showed remarkable fnesse in
handling the minimum of money with the
maximum OF SENSE
SLIPS WERE PUNISHED.
Mary Ann. then. never had a superflu.
ans cent that she could spend on luNuries.
I'M ,be drinking that was to be done was
done strictly by father, IT by chance she
aver slipped from grace and partook of
,be convval cup out of the household 50
entrusted to her care father was sure to
apply such summary chastisement that
sbs didn't venture the lapse "a sescond
time.
,,bo, u,or broke ont and father went
M yaliantly to the front, the lady of the
slums found herself deprived of the origi-
nal weekly dole of 50, but in its place
cdlne 'ne ~ r,,,,t fo,. y, oh chiI,, t., tba
sen,ii, serr n.0 Moreover @ an extra allowance was
.SnIa .a'i,a' should she reside in London and
inv NJ iovs, she was now her own mis-
!Os " Iii ~, man to food mo man 10 Toll
Sor in graceful nhraseologv what bc
wouldn't do to her if the house wasn't
kent I'M TO thc,pinlt of perfection, no man
10 mete out summary chastsement should
she show flighty tendencies and, above ALL
for the first time in her drab life she
found herself in complete command of the
situation,
Poor Mary Ann, II was onrv too oh-
vlous what yyould hanncr TO MANY of her
tyne After years of rigorous economy
she found herself with money to Jingle in
her nocIets "I mav as well have n little
fun out of this. she reflected stolidly. and
dropped in next toor to see what Mrs
ZONES whose man was also ot the frnnt
thought about It.
Now, Mrs Jones also had extra money
to spend Not that the separation allow
ances were lavish-no, indeed 1t was
just that Mrs. Jones and Mary Ann were
unaccustomed to their financial liberty
and that n little excess of hard ga sh vent
to their vacant heads at once
off ~ IiiE 'RCB.
So, believing that imitation is the sin
cerest form Of flattery, they at once fol-
lowed in the footsteps of their departed
spouses and adjourned TO the uearset
pub leaving their Joint families in
charge of the cIest member, probably a
child of or 10.
At the local tavern they encountered all
me otner married Mary AIMS Of the dis
in the dav Nav, Ann r'''.' nd d''ST Le rn'a1
friends returned 10 tt,air ca',I,o,,ti,,o ia,,o,'
tu,nhled into tbeir boer,. nod, o,,I,, w. 49,
I'm the pevt do,, ma ,.,,nat tbo ,Io,s.7,, o.
ance' NV Pe' 'V'
Honco tho suIda,, t,,.f,,,i,,,, T., 90 D,i,,r.
Restrictions ,,hiot .,, =" W ,,'a
more strngent So, ,,:o, rm1 W. - "s,e e. eS"
The noI,oo ,n l. ''inm iot 'ilei''
d,o,,! Po.-o' ,r '"o' were given LstS OF SOL
striot o,., "'e@ % r.'u . were enJo'hea TO Keep
,;,Io,,.;os om .leni. Mary ann Il'tle con-
Of tGa law, '''eeNe" ny stern iii'il'ohs
Iftar At, ,,..,
Isdy deciJad r''t,e Se'pacN, pa, Tue ,syh'te
,aus uecluea 10 mend her ways and to
encoraceJ nv, '.'.9 Gnu sue Was St
invested bs,. ,,,.i,,r.' ~, tI
Office Prosnorit,, - 80 H., is -,
sweet and smiIinr,
After time tbc coed ,,o,,,,, ,.,t,.,,, e,.,,,,
father at the frort thot ho ,,.as c,,,,i,o,
home for a short Ieavor In,p,odiotol,, III
his faults were forgottcn nv, evciteG NTarw
Anna halo of rornance siIrrounded him
Gone was the renemhrapre of the some
what surly. becry person who used to
keep her well in hand-in its Mace stood
the hero of a hundred fights. the SLAYER
OF many Germans. Mary Ann rushed to
welcome her lord and master.
r,,r, ,, .,.
i-TL" vi ANlNdS'
NOT, with the total lack of reticence
which women of her class always show,
could she refrain from telling hin that
she had actually SEQ in the local post
once Ol.' fa;at revelation! Father does
ho' say much at the moment, perhaps. but
next morning he artlessly expresses the
nlSh TO glance at that savings book.
rroud Mary Ann produces IL for his in
specton-alas alas the proceeds are
soon lingl!ng N fathers pocket.
Before nightfall. father has spent at
least s., Whether he plunges farther
shd spends more depends on two things:
Is his leave long enough? Can he pro.
cure extension?
No plea will procure additional leave
80 Well as a statement tbat one Of the
family is AT daStb,. a. ''I V'ne t,a,, NC
therefore sent to the o,dino, tho.
that the youngest child has hronchitis
The commanding ofticar tsIenboras The
pOlica ,ra .LS '' tN''p''"'SN '''S