South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-06

She has chucked her job. SO she gets
an unemployment allowance from
the government. And every day she
puts in a few hours OF her day go
ing about looking for work. Sure
mum she wants work: how can she
afford TO be idle on the few shillin
a week that come from her uncm-
ployment allowance? Only she must
have every afternoon of. and no
washing and the house maid to get
supper Sunday evening ard every
other night after tea And OF course.
such a job is hard to find. And will
We sign my card mum. as indicating
that / have made a decent effort 70
gst work.
OF to the Beach.
And if you sign her card she goes
| of to South End 10 the beach and
spends the day according 10 the die
tates Of her conscience, which also
being weary permits certain roman
! tic dreams to come true that other
wise might not have fruited And
cook is a good and virtuOus soul at
! that. And so is mistress and so is
]
strike has not let down the bars.
England for the moment has kick
/ e6 down the fence, in the exuberance
OF youth
/ London is crowded as it never was
! before. From all over the kingdom
come men and women, nice. simple.
/ honest people, out of the war, and
ort of ork and out TO see life. Some
! Of them walk the streets at night
looking for beds. And all are crowd
/ ed into close quarters. Rents are
pre- posterous. The bonus on a i
years lease with seven years yet 10
/ run on a hat-not a house. mind
you, but a fiat-in a good neighbor-
| hood sold recently at auction for one
! hundred thousand dollars,
Plenty Of Money.
Money does not mean anything.
! Tie streets Of the town are damned;
/ the busses are packed, the subways
crowded with Joyous people out for
| Z life's holiday, The gardens are go
Inns TO weeds while the gardener and
/ his wife-or his lady friend as the
/ case may be-spend the little war
/ fund or the unemployment allot
ment that is their due. And no one
/ begrudges them the happiness they
! get
They Will tell you they are soon
gong back TO work. and they are.
/ They are hardworking people whe
/ have been through a great trial
The man has been living in the
I trenches for four years At night IN
/ his sleep-CVen i'm his sleep on his
new wedding journey he has his 90
at the Huns. Hardly "A wife in Eng
!and who has not been kicked out Of
bed by a mad somnambulist warding
of raids, or going after Fritz. IL is
the common breakfast story OF Eng
land, this story OF the man who had
/ his 20 at the 'Uns over night. His
nervous system is really disorganized.
He genuinely needs rest. Instructive
I ~ he is seeking health. Foolishly he
is spelling a lot OF liquor. and
stupidity, if you disagree with him
about his idea OF a good time. he Is
following the path OF the youth led
like an OK 10 the slaughter, but ne
is really, even II geDrgeously. seek
ing surcease-all England is. and the
fare OF hedonism-to use a priggisk
( words nature seeking 20 restore
life 10 its normal course. And II is not
the decadence OF death. but the JOY
OF youth that is prompting this most
I'M English spectacle OF a nation
trotting of after Alice in Wonder
land.
Will Settle Down.
OF course, England in q few weeks
or a few months will settle down.
The great JOY strike cannot last for
ever For one thing the unemploy-
'ment bonus viii bankrupt the coun-
try il IL continues 10 pour into the
2 ockets OF the blitheiy unemployed
And for another thing. all play and
no work makes Jack a duh boy and
Mrs. Jack a wreck Nature viii as