The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-03
TERRY O'TOOLE GOES
ON SHOPPING TOUR:
TELLS Of |. {. Of |
By George Howard Wyati)

"rhe top ay the mornln' to youso
Misther McGonagle, an how are yous'
this folne mornin durin' this advuncin
sazen av advancin proices an ascin
din cost Of lNin'?" greeted phelin
OToole as he breezcd into the otfic'
of his friend, the contractor seated
himself in the easiest chair deposited
his hat upon the floor, elevated his
brogans to the top of the desk and
spat copiously into the waste paper
basket
IAN uts Well youse ARE, de youse
gay? Surere, youse look as though
the bank account av yOuse should be
CROWN bulkier from day 10 day wild
the proice av buildin construction
advancn' by lapes an bounds, goin'
up livery twnty.four hours at the rate
av tin per cint aitch twintyfour
"Wurra wur.ra, an phwat's this
ould war-ruld comm too, Ohm askin'
youse2 Phwat'S ut comm too, wild the
Eovernmint urgin' livery wan TO build
his own home an TO own his own
home. whole ut kapes on a.tellin' till
him how many doimcs an dollars he
Will be afther savin' by a.doin' av this,
an thin advancin av the cost av lum-
ber an av ..ais an av lethes an av
plasther an av paints, ither than the
nose brand which latther has already
advanced far beyant the limit, since
the advint of nashunul prohibshun.
"Sure.re uts askin' youse, Oi am,
how the thunder an TURF youse
can be iXpectin the averige fely TO
build his own home. an to own his
own home, an to pay for his own
home, whm livery dollar he has Is
worth but sixty cints whin ut comes to
buyin' buldin' materials an the same
Is worth but forthy cints whin ut comes
to buyin fodder for Bridget an the
childer?
Faith an uts sames to me, Misther
McGonigal," continued OToole as he
helped himself to one of the contrac-
tors choice cigars and borrowed a match
for ut looks to me as though tins
fodder proposition has about arrived /
at the mkt station to the wan whereat .
the limit av the indurance av the con
sumer gifts off.
Take the matther av mate, now
for instance. When Oi wint into the
this morning an asked for
a half dollars worth av bricklayer's
an enough bacon to fry
wild a coople av aigs, the dayler begun
TO cuss the packers before he begun
slicin on the liver. an kept ut up
all the tonne ne was weighin ms
thumb and four fingers wild the pro
tinder. An bye the tonne he had I'M
shed cussin the packers Oi didn't get
lnny change back from the dollar Oh
rave him for the fifty cents worth aV i
iver an only had three doimes an a
,inny out av the dollar Oi put up for {
he apothecary's pound av bacon. f
"Ilavin' found out thot the packers f
re all together to blame for the adj I
ancin' proice av luXuries, Oi thought \
,id thry out a coople aV the neces-
tiles aV loife. SO Oi wint into a r.
roog store an laid down thin doime $
n asked for tinfoil- wrapped pack II
ge av certain brand av tobaccy, u
lid which to stool the innards av me n
Give til me jtney besoide =,
not doime' said the sody jerker, smoil- >,
4 at me wild the same sorrut av a
,innin smoile which enlivens the face =
V the mon at the roolit wheel whin
OuSc nave tO'ptltu tlt Nl'ilH '-''
Anither iit be jitneyed,' sez Oi, sure,
ays Oi, that same blend av mullin
yves an alfalfa is advertised in the
Avenin Post til be sellin
{ tin cints the small package
"'Niver moind all that sorrut av
halter says the mon av the picked
ather stand. This is not the Satur-
az Avenin Post nor yet the Soonday
Iornin' Transcript, an Oi don't care
tinker's bushel av damsons whot the
rice advertised may be. if you want
ais particular brand av immitashun
,baccy, uts gOin to cost you fifteen
nts. no less an maybe more
"Havin' paid the mon fifty per cint
ivance over the advertised cost, for
le informashun, Oi thought ORD thry
lyin' mesil' a few chothes, seein' thot
few clothes is all that mon can be
'ther warein this sort av weather
80, Oi wint into a dhry goods impo-
lm, wild gints warren apparul on the
ide an asked the mon who faced me
ON the same soide av the counther
ON which Jerry used to LUX at us in
e good, ould days whin youse could
~ ut in the open and have a full