Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-05
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vicious circle.
am wiling to concede that the
pr0hteers are protiteering.
The point should make. IL I were
to attempt to make a point, thing
which risclalm any intention OF
doing. Is what of 1T What differ
ence does it maker
60 about a good deal, penetrating
from time to time the fastness Of the
proletariat, one Of whom I am which.
and the Polloi.
see no pinched faces, no rags and
tatters.
On tho other hand, have never
seen the proletariat and the hot
polloi SO well clothed or. apparently,
SO well fed.
There has been, within my mem
DRY, no time when they had so many
luxuries. so much leisure, or so many
ways OF spending 1t.
One night last winter. as I plodded
my weary way toward the domicile
which temporarily houses me. three
young women came out OF a $3.50
theater and boarded the street car
toward which had directed my
footsteps.
They belonged, quite obviously, in
the ranks of the toilers. They were
either Of the mental class or OF the
type that gets its living below the
strata Of polite occupation.
They all wore fur coats.
To that fact offer no objection.
To 1t adjust no homily. 1t is all
right with me. I wish every working
girl might have fur coat
But why should Join my fellow
citizens In worrying about the con-
dition OF affairs which enables
young women OF the type that gets
Its living and its luxuries below tho
strata Of polite occupation to own
and wear fur garments.
I belong to the salaried class.
am one Of those who toll, but do
not spin.
I am Of the segment OF humanity
that Is supposed to be ground be-
tween the upper and neither mill
stones of the times.
My income is somewhat smaller
than II was In 1915.
I desire to say that have no COM
plant to make.
II make up my mind to ask my
employer for a raise in salary II
will be on the ground that I am
worth more money. Ny request for
an increase will not be predicted
| on the plea that can not live on
what he is paying me.
And get along first rate. I am
paying the prices exacted. 1t has
not been necessary for me to curtail
| any OF my fixed habits with refer
ence to expenditures.
am not wearing my old clothes, I
| have new ones. It has not been
| necessary for me to put on overalls
And l am eating regularly.
! don't want anybody weeping over
mo-
To me the problem OF life Is pre-
cisely what 1t has always been-that
of Keeping my expenses within my
income.
And am doing II. Moro than
that. am doing II about AZ easily as
| ever did.
At the moment, In one OF the
pleasure palaces OF tho town, there
IL a theatrical performances for which
| price Of IS a seat Is enacted. do
not know what the conditions are
with reference 20 attendance. MY
| curiosity concerning theatrical per-
Torrance Is never such that I am
willing to satisfy II at the expense of
q s. note. -
But assume the theater il crowd
ed nightly. They all are. People are
| standing In line everywhere to buy
tickets to theatrical performances.
But what could be more ridiculous
than disposition to worry about the
welfare Of people who are willing
and anxious to pay s. FOR a seat in
. stheater and have the money to
execute the commission?
Trains are crowded and hotels
overfull OF people who travel about
merely for the sensation OF being
on the way.
All of the old devices for getting
the easy money are running full
time. New ones continually are be-
Ing invented.
But 1t Is nothing for me to worry
about, and there Is no reason why
the matter should consume any of
your valuable time.
Most people spend as much or as
little, AZ they get.
SO long al they have the money