Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-03
A UNIT SALLY STONE had come tc


to. burden himself with the duty Of
te!ephoning to Aunt Sally when he
wo,ild be half an hour late. It was
pleasant to think that his socks would
be regularly dnrned and that all miss.
Ing buttons would be replaced on his
shirts. 1t was not 80 pleasant when
Aunt Sally became solicitous and N.
! quisitive regarding Jim's matrimonial
prospects. There was not a girls pic.
ture on his bureau or desk. There
were no feminine letters in the mail or
have any evening engagements save
those he explained as Of business i'm.
| portance.
All this solicitation was tiresome.
Even more tiresome did Aunt Sally be-
come concerning Jim's lunches. She
| figured out from the results of per-
sistent questioning just how much 1t
must cost Jim to buy his lunches at a
restaurant. She estimated how much
this would amount to IN a year. Then
at breakfast one day Aunt Sally said.
beaming:
"Jim, I found out that they put UP
lunches here for the boarders. And
they don't charge for them. You know
you pay for lunch whether you eat !.
or not. You're entitled to It. So ]
told the waiter to have yours put up
with the rest" Then Jim saw with n
sinking heart the MANILA paper bag.
large and bulky, beside Aunt Sally's
plate. Here 1t Is. Jim. Don't forget
WIN, ofo,,a . for oh;.,.;o,. hi. T.,
,oin g. Lo s.ortad ~ ,'i,h his han
20 imroh +. sooneJ obii,,,Sh - Ho,os,,
H. ~ NV ,hcon nn tho ,,.aw =, ~ ,,,o w.' p,,h
w.v pasiTos thoro u,os a stro,n ~
thrift in linz m"ke.un that had for n
nSoment resnondeJ "a Aunt Sniiv,. a1'
mrine' His salary did NOT necessi.
tata 1reatar economy than he nou,
nracticed. Int he would AT least rive
The njan trial II would 0ive Tho
men in the Office something 70 tease
him about " ~
W Wowever. tho lunches did NOT onnco,
to lin cbeese sondwicbeS brcnme
ro,bor ,Irv ,nL tostaIos. hv 10 o,c,nck
I'm wos 'strnnolv of tbe onir;or tbnt
thn Mn"hes wnrs ,nt nm tIe n;oht ha.
fore Il was not easy 10 eat n tough.
skinned orange NJ HE desk Tho cake
cruInbled oni he found vestises Of IL
among bis napers nil the afternoon
Rmt Iim continued 70 carry bis bae
a. Huut tnS" S"i,v t" w"S', ' bo WI With % lin nulv n
month more. lie preferred NOT 10 raise
"m'. v.'. .trnmr oh;ect;nn "'' " '"'''
"" i,r,,s bob;t wos to Inv tho boo ~
,unchaor hoSido Lie Jesk Ono JaS ba
wns en- husv With ontsido business
throrob tho 6rst hours of the div TINT
whom be returned nt about 2 il Or.
c,rreL to him for thc frst time that
bn Ind had M jmpcheon re had no
time to pn then. but hc wns hungry.
and II occurred to him that even one
of those cheese sandwiches would he
na,ntahlo And tbot was when he
| fS -
hnch bay ;snnneareJ before Inncb
timc Oncc he founG crnmbs on the
Hnnr Anotbor t;ma Tho has remaine6
hnt tbo lunch was uone-Naii sove rho
b"n,nn
Amn,rert,v nv ,uncb .ater does not
lilo hamnnas tbomubt no Thot was
.hort tho only ciuo he had IN worl,
ON ,rSo nrnhiam was really interest.
inc inc A. times r. tromh,ed him 70 think
thst hs INV one one workins for The concern
~ which hc wns n Junior partner and
torx r .,iorv sbonii bc so ha,liv mid
W.. ..t :, ho H.,,i;no m cot those tastcjess
,. a" aS De snno,n m.a H.. vhnn ~ Il" so nsces'
,i.n.aJ .u,,' 'ons,dnrni,o stooitb Ohvious,
~ .Lo o,imritI;f r. toEe a lunrb Tint
~ ,H',|S . othnr,,i,a ho thrown in The
.",' Mo".u hosno. ". w,v cu,n,b,c-.watcbcJ
tha tn'H a,"" ~ b;s of;co carefullv in or.
~. =. "a. Tho lunch Nbcp he was awoy
''r y" es.,d;oJ tho faccs nf the office
., jim .rrinn tn single ont tho one with
IT,. ~ narias+ most ninched exnression
en' .ha h Srohah,c mrch snatcber. Then
Us ,J rnt p"'b ~, tbn boxs a ,ittle, but fmnnd
u. tph thov werc all in the habit Of
im"oh,n t""o NJ n Iittic Greek lunch coun.
.an nrN,nd the corncr Never had
@ Wr taao,, Ea,,.m IN oat in
o"T nnna u bn a.ted Misc baldwin who
tool his dictation. whether she bnd any
su,m;cinrs on tbc suhiect
,.nn"'t ,hinkn he said "thot 7 oh.
;cct % ~ al, Whocwcr takes il rrobably
;n,.s ;,n "' tha. Ion,t want ~ nuvwav
H""m' Hom o,i" ,n"' c,ncsrned >" th;nk that nnv
nra % ,.orL;,s here bas such n f,nt mrs,
o.' ~. " meed such a tastelcss lunch. id
tsLe e. m With tbe salary committee
~ ,houvht we didn't INV enough"
prntt~ NoI,v baldwin looked c.
soc,;vsiy ,t thS cnL NJ hcr nencil. and
% I.u ovcs ,cro lowcrod "Don;t vn,,
~ M.h;,L ,ho, thor" miuht bc somc one
wh"MH HN WE'LL some one who had enough
,nn~ov 20 sncnd Who still liked to no
"cnmomira,? ] Shc'-hc mipht be- helm :
n,""o w.; un,no ono ~ homo nr Swine nr
s,o,h;nr ns a,d % mioht be sIni :" ent
~" ,''mnS ,ho, u.o,,id othorw;ve be
,hroun ~ r aw,w II costs forty cents nj
Las. - ."t ,,rch eWen NJ cbean
n,ace MAJ" Wre crow and forty cents n