Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-29

ed the tin facing on the gallery frent till it resounded gorgeously down De- low and made all the plutocfats reter to those dreadful rowdies up above! We saw every last Show going! And we had half our weeks allowance left-for if anybody got over % cents a week those days from his dad he was regarded with suspicion as strange and foreign, therefore dublous, individual. If we needed any more we hustled out and earned it. T. came very near calling your mother to bring me an ice pack for my 1 throbbing head the other night when overheard your three callers: trying to eatdo each other in their tales or wealth. I've been to three shows this week. drawled Tom Awful. poor. Bored to death! And I couldn't get l any good seats-had to sit ten rows back at one and eight rows back at the other two. Charley Osgood, who
 was with me, wanted to give it up en- 1 tirely because he said what's the use of going to a show if you can't be in
 the good seats with the bunch instead of being tucked away back out of l sight and where you can't see? But
 l don't think it hurts to rough 1t now
 and then, and we only had to pay the
 broker three apiece,'
 IllSn PlPCO apI dS1Ab " four he started. Had a chap visiting
 me and was sort of showing him around, you know. Awfuily fine chap l-his father keeps ten cars and goes in for orchids and that sort of thing. Of course, I got box seats-wouldn't [ do to expect Henry to enjoy himself
 in anything else. The trouble was that
 he had seen everything before in New York. I was really embarrassed when ' r, ff-;oI &a l1a 0If nOk oaf sI4x.
 prised that we were so provincial as
 not to have anything like their roof garden shows. This is a jay town
 when it comes to entertaining people,
 This seemed to me about to finish things up, and 1 was exceedingly anx- Il ious to know what Edward was going
 to do for himself 1 need not have
 worried. I've got a friend said Ed
 ward, who takes me back of the
 scenes at all the shows. and I can all
 ways get seat in the mana gers box.
 Of course l always blow him off to supper when he does this for me, but
 what is $6 or so if you yet your moneys worth?
 I That ended the symposium because there were no more boys. They don't dream of walking nowadays-I heard
 Hardricks' son boning him for a car the other night. Pm the only fellow
 in our crowd who hasn't got a carl almost sobbed Albert. I am ashamed to ask a girl anywhere, and, besides they won't go unless I get a taxi!' i, waste all my time getting to places and everybody looks down on me anc
 it's awful. I tell you, I've just gotta
 have a carl
 1 Your precious Eugene pays s2 for 6 l ticket to the dance for you and him l self, 50 or 75 cents more for sodas anc
 sundaes during the course of thu l evening and you usually work in z
 picture show besides! That's just on'
 night.
 "It's all the parents fault-what i
 it, Jimmy"
 Say" began his young hopeful 7 breathlessly, "kin I have my nex 2 weeks allowance to-day and coulC g you give me a dollar. more, becaus' : there's a picnic and movie part. f and-and everybody's going and Bud : going to give his girl a box of candy 7, too! And can I have my new suit b, e then and these shoes are deat t ones-''
 $ My soul!" groaned the father o e the family in dawning horror Its be e gun! In my family. Caroline. if vol e even dare the flicker of a smile you'l n get whats coming to you!" "Chicag, I.I News