El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-28
Cash Register Type OF Father Is
Usually The Most Lovable OF Men
Amazing American Paterfamilias Accepts Oblivion
And Disregard Cheerfully, as Rule;
Sometimes Thinks Very Hard.
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX


And the cash register father Is usu-
ally the most iovable type OF man. /
always wonder why his family never
bother to become acquainted with
him-they really know nothing OF
him beyond his role OF paying teller.
he is running the family errands. He
is duplicating the market that the
green grocer missent, or fetching the
ice cream that was forgotten till too
late to order through the regular
channels, or getting the theater
tickets OF bringing out in the back Of
the car the untamed and untanable
new cook, who may remain long
enough to get the morrow's breakfast
II the cook fees like shadow dur
ing the night, mana win tell him to
get his breakfast on the way down
town She takes only coffee. and
there isn't going to be any regular
breakfast that morning. Perhaps she
will phone him during the day to get
his dinner downtown, too, as the fam
fly is stin in a state OF cookless desue-
tude.
The daughters sometimes turn out
quite brilliant impromptus on the
chatting dish for strange young men
who have happened to have missed
a meal or who come home with them
after the theaters but no one ever
thinks Of making any OF these con-
coctionr for father-the impression
prevails that he is an automatic self
feeder"
This IS the type OF martyr who is
constantly consulted on the telephone
during the day about household mat
tiers. His womankind never really
know him, never actually see him. yet
they never let go the string 10 which
he is attached He Is like the invisi-
BILE Central" at the other end Of the
phone; he may be summoned at any
moment
And he IS summoned. poor dear. to
be told that the last cook he brought
home Is not satisfactory. Her breath
smells OF vanilla and the ragout she
made for lunch was unspeakable. And
win he please stop at the Gentle
Woman's Jam Pot" AID bring out one
that has less white to her eye. ana,
OH yes, will he please ask the stem
ographer II she will go downtown and
get two yards and three eighths Of
black pussy willow taffeta. and four
punches OF turquoise beads yes,
they" know the kind.
And the poor old camel. who has
not yet had quite the last straw ap-
piled TO his patient back. never rebels.
It Is all in the days work-the office
and the business mixed up with the
constant insursion Of the family and
their concerns. And at the first Of
the month the bills-oh, it's a gay life
that father leads when he happens to
be Of the gentle. long suffering typei
But the trouble is that the family
usually waits for father to die before
It becomes really acquainted with him.
In life he Is useful and impersonal
bit OF household furniture. less con-
spicuous than the hall hatrack. per-
haps, but infinitely more valuable
And il is too bad when the family
waits for the obituary notices Of
father TO be printed TO recognize his
virtues.
Worth Cultivating.
Because all said and done. he IL
really worth cultivating- His posi-
ton has usually developed a gentle.
whimsical sort OF humor that Is as
mild as milk. He has taking way OF
being kind to the things less FORUM
ate than himself: and he usually has
teresting.
And the dogs all know father. even