Evening star., 1925-08-30
Travel Without the Cost
Ways Relieving Monotony
Had Previously Discarded
By NINA WILCOX PUTNAM

A S Buffalo Bin, the man who in
~ vented The Great Open Spaces
"A where men are men, the
4 \ plumbing old-fashioned and
women are governors. once
said, 1.-THE trouble, about going away
some place for d change is that you've
got to take yourself with you"
And how true that is come home
10 l and George, that's my husband,
not very long ago when l got fed
up with being a. mere wife & mother.
/ dunno. I guess l am different
from other ladies, / guess if I had
of had the chanst l would of been
a artist. anyways. l onct painted a
bunch of pansies on a dish and they
was real good all except the flavor
when they washed off in some gravy.
And when burnt designs was the
style, I done the head OF a Indian
on a. leather Sofa-cuShion. At least
| think 1t was an Indian but then
again it might of been a hen, 1t was
kinda hard to tell when l got through,
but anyways it had feathers.
So naturally with all this past be
hind me, l get times when | feel
like I have been wasted on a domes-
tic life, and that if 1 hadn't married
Geo. I might of been a great opera
singer hot-rolling around in Vienna,
or else quite the Louy Cats Whis-
kers as a actress in France. Why
got a pretty good voice even now,
especially in the bathtub.
Well anyways this day l am talk
ing about was enough to get any
body upset. especially If they was al
ready inclined that way. 1t seemed
in the morning where if l hadda
wash another dish I would scream.
and when il come to ordering the
meals l felt / was liable to kill the
butcher if he hadn't by now invented
some new Kind of meat.
Any married lady will understand
what l mean, on account every onct
in a while we all desperately hope
that Noah had coupla edible ami
mails on the ark that had so far been
overlooked, but the butcher will have
Il nice fresh cut of them today.
But the butcher didn't, as per
usual, and when / had got my hv
ing room busted for the eighteen
millionth time since my wedding. who
would call up on the phone only
Miss Demeanor. that bottle blond.
and whatter you know if she didn't
do so to say good bye, she was going
on a little trip to Europe
Well, that was the Camel which
broke up the last straw. for me, and
when Geo. come home that evening
why naturally l took 1t out on him.
What's the matter old lady? he says
when he seen me. And I says old
lady, huh, that's what I'm getting to
be and no wonder, the life l lead,
never going no place, and nobody
10 understand my artistic tempera-
ment.
And Geo. says aw come, Jennie.
that amt fair, / got some artistic
feeling myself. And l says, yes, #
you're a artist, draw up chair,
wanner talk to you. And he says
shoot if you must this half bald
head, but spare my pocket-book, he
said.
Go 1 says now lookit here, Geo.
~ says. do you realize where we are
not getting any younger every day,
and that we haven't seen the world
nor anything. and that we live about
as adventurous and romantic as a
coupla stuffed rabbits?
And Geo. says yes, sure 1 realize
it, / often wisht l had been a sea-
captain or run for Pres. or SONG
thing. But what are we conner do
about 1t? he says, it takes money to
travel and to get romance into a
persons life. Well, ! says, we don't
live but the once and l personally
myself want to see something of the
world before they order my wooden
kimona. I'd certainly like to go to
China, or Ketchum Falls or some
place.
And Geo. says 7 knew you had
some place in mind, you been read
ing about that Ketchum Falls eX-
cursion, but nothing doing, it cost
$60.ss. I amt going to spend the