Evening star., 1925-11-22
If You Use Only the Checks in Your Book,
That Account Must Be in Good Condition
BY NINA WILCOX PUTNAM.

A s the late Sultan of Turkeys
~ once said in a exclusive inter
~ view to the Associated Press.
a The popular idea about Tur-
key is that 1t should always
he accompanied by cranberry sauce:
hut the old.fashioned ideal about home
made Thanksgiving dinners being the
berries, is mostly applesauce.
And how true them words are GER
tainly was demonstrated to ] and
George, that's my hsuband, about this
time last year. Geo. HAD decided
where it would he lovely to have a
real old-fashioned Thanksgiving DIM
ner, with Il snowy tabecloth, snowy
front yard and everything. We was
to invite the mommers, his and mine,
and Uncle VIII. and Aunt Eata.
1t certainly was a beautiful idea.
and he trotted it out about one month
before the actual day, or. in other
words. at a safe distance. which is the
point where enthusiasm is apt to run
highest
Say Jennie, he says to me. what
say we have WOW of a dinner
Thanksgiving, and the dear old home
folks gathered round the festive
bored? And l says why George Jules.
don't ask me what ! say. it wouldn't
he fit to listen to. But he says, aw
come on, he says. gee. I'd like to see
another of them real old timers. with
A groaning load of real eats on the
mahogany. And ] says yeh. sure. and
groaning Junior afterwards. not
to mention the groanins when the
hills are made up the first OF Dec.
with Nmas staring us in the face.
Well, ] amt been married TO Geo.
all the years I have survived of II.
without being able TO tell when he
really wants something and when he
Is merely building castles under his
Ihair, as the old saying goes. And
this time he meant what he said. Al
ready he could see, in his mind. the
gathering of the clans. Not ku kluX.
family. He had 'em driving up in
sleiShsful with merry ha. has. cherry
greetings and etc. Very likely he
even had the ladies in poke bonnets
and the gents in high hats with shawls
pinned around their shoulders and
their pants strapped under their boots
the same a on the conventional Xmas
cards. And so l didn't have the heart
10 refuse to do the cooking.
Besides. | have found, the same as
any normal wife. that when friend
husband wants something you can
give him instead of the customary
vice versa why that is good mo-
,ent TO strike him for the thing you
want your own self. Hot Bozo. This
was the time for me to spring the
old bank account idea which he had
for yrs. vetoed every time it come up.
for signature.
Say dear | says. all right. we will
have a real old time Thanksgiving.
with turkey and pie and raisins and
nuts and all the other relatives. but
] can't manage il on the household
allowance you are giving me per
week. YOU simply must let me have
= bank account of my own. then |
can manage the money this way and
that way more or less, if you get the
idea. otherwise nothing doing. no
turkey will be trotted in this house.
Is the answer YES or no?
Well, says Geo. if you will prom
ise to keep the book balanced and
not nverdraw. / will open acct. for
YOU in your own name in the Bank
OF the River. So ] says fine dear.
7 will balance that book perfectly
every place except on the tip of my
nose while as for overdrawin2, why
7 can't even draw a straight line and
never could so you needn't worry
about me going 10 any extremes on
that end of il. So he SAYS after baby
doll. and the next night he brought
me home the cuteSt little cheque book
that carried the bank book in its
pocket the same as mother kan
garoo.
X
WELL. this cheque book was just
crammed full of cheques. and in
the top of the bank book was q bunch
of figures. something about one hun
dred and twenty-five dollars. but natu
rally l didn't pay no attention to that.
hut rather TO what Geo. told me about
the cheques. and how simple 1t was
10 turn them into money.
1t seems l didn't draw the cheques
at all. | was to write them, which
fact was big relief to me. as per
see above. And the very next day
I begun TO do So l didn't really need
To buy anything, but | felt | had bet
ster commence making out cheques
before ! forgot Geo.'s instructions. l
went right down to the Emporium
and bought Junior one Of them new
long pant suits size seven. and some
toilet water. fiy-paper and hall carpet.
and give my cheque for the raft. And
the funniest part was they took il.