The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-23
Fables OF Everyday
Folk
~ SOPHIE IRENE LOEB.

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once upon q time ltere was n young
woman. She had several sisters and
brothers. Her family was in very
at home and helped her mother care
for the family while her brothers and
sisters provided The liv, lihood.
Many times the family had trouble
in making both ends meet so that
every member of the family naturally
had to be economical. Nothing could
be wasted The girls clothes were
always handed down TO the smaller
sister and usually she had to max"
over last summers frock 10 meet the
style. Many time she had to skimp
ana save in order to make things do.
one day al a gathering when sh,
was looking her best she met young
man. They fell in love with each
other. The parents looked with favor
on the match an;. III their heart OF
hearts were glad that one of the fam
lily would be wen provided.
The young man in question was sin
ccrcly in love. and also very am
bilious. He did not have very much
TO begin with but he had prospects.
and thought that. having married \
girl of moderate means. he looked for
ward to having great helpmatc to
further his ambitions and make him
successful
They went 10 live in modern fla..
!, The girl found herself mistress Of all
/ .hn I'nr tho first Time in
| her life she had money that she could
can her very own--money given by
her husband. She cared tor the house
hold, and she had a little money be-
| sides. With this she adorned herself
! in nice wearing apparel. for which
most every woman longs.
The husband was sfnd that he could
crafty her little whims and they
seemed to be very happy.
Pretty soon the young man was pro-
| noted. The young woman looked
about for a little larger flat and urged
! him to move into It, lie was rather
reluctant because he deemed it best
to wait until they had saved some
thing but he could not withstand her
plcadtngs
Then she wapted to fix up the new
place u little better than the one they
had before. When he came TO figure
it up, he suggested that they had best
wait until they could afford it. But
she pointed out how she might pur-
chase some things "on the instalment
plan" and thus IT would De very easy
to pay.
Soon afterWard she SAW a beautiful
/ coat in Il shop window and went in to
try it on. 1t looked perfectly stun
ming. That evening she told her hns-
band about II and how much she
would Just love to have IT. lie
quickly drew her attention to the debt
they had already contracted and how
it might be best to wait
She pouted n Bit and then she
Goa xed--and the next day it was her
very own. That day the young man
made application to work overtime in
his office in the hope that he could
catch up with these little debts. Soon
he did make il all up through pen
sistent efforts.
Now rs this young man vas n dill :
gent worker his employers recognized
his value TO the concern and every
little while gave him a small increas,
in his salary.
On each of these occasions tho
young woman found something that
she wanted that cost more than she
had ever dreamed she would pay be
fore her marriage. She saw her pros
pcrity in II glowing light and insistes
on securing the thing she longed for
| The husband was kept busy meet.
ing these demands. Many a night ht
burned the midnight oil in extra Labor
to fulfil some new desire Of his wife
somehow she did not realize hi.
hard work. II seemed so easy to gel
he thing she wanted, which she had
never been able to do before.
TO make a long fable short, she in
sisted on more and more. No matte.
how hard he worked or how far ht
advanced himself he was always re-
hind in meeting his wifc's demand
! Always he had wanted to save m
enough in order to go into business
for himself. but he found il impossible
! under the circumstances. On enc o:
two occasions he demonstrated with
her and urged that it, would he much
better If they could save some lhn,,. -
But it was like going into ona ear
md out the other" She wanted 10
outshine Mrs. Neighbor In this way
she kept her husband down. He never
| had any money that he could invest,
| There came a day when h" realized
| the situation was Impossible One
! quarrel brought about ano.anr. and
they parted. She went home aud ha d
| 70 begin the same old economical
+, grind.
she realized that sometimes those
| who rave never had anything lJsn all
persI.ctive when the ha.tcr uEies
coI"e.
AtnE-.l: Let your previous l,nvcrty
make YOU careful Of your present