Evening star., 1925-12-13

Methuselah, the feller who
~ wrote the newest of the joke
~ books. once said. There is
4 n nothing like culture for break
ing up ii home, especially when
the wife takes up soul culture and the
husband prefers agriculture or some
thing"
And the 100 per cent truth Of that
statement certainly come right to me
a coupla weeks ago when the subject
"f grand opera and how To take il
was brought not To say thrown up,
between | and George, that's my hus-
band. The whole trouble started
through him making the unusual
statement that for once the end of
The month had found him not alone
able TO make both ends meet, but
that they had actually Tapped over a
little. In other words. there was a
piece Of loose change in the family.
And, says George, Il Ia grand man
ner. what say we invest this extra
jack in something that will give us
little pleasure instead of in some
thing sensible. eh? And | at once
says, Oh grand. dear. | do need a
ieW dress. And he says ! said give
MS little pleasure, and | was think
iEg seriously of u radio set: none OF
these yloritied shoeboX affairs. but
- real limousine among radios. Why
George Jules, | says | wouldn't have
ono of them things in the house fur
anything, all they do is squeak and
huzz and make other ecstatic noises.
u' whatever the technical term is,
ana 1t seems To me we can already
hear sufficient OF them kinda sounds
while sitting quietly in our living
room, what with the trolley cars and
lhe autos going by. etc, never seen
one of those radios yet could tell YOU
anything only bla bla.'
Well, says George. that's because
You've never listened to a good one,
You sure will be surprised when we get
TINS $500 set. And l says that's the !
truth l sure Will be surprised when
We do any such thing with 500 iron
men, II You got all that TO spare. |
would rather We bought little culture .
with II. culture is a side OF our life ,
which we certainly have neglected |
altogether too much. and now there
IS flock Of grand opera coming to
town, and this is our chance to make !
IN for lost time
Opera, my eye. says George For |
the luvva tripe, he says, do you think |
am going to waste any time and
money on that bunk when ] can get
II on the air and also jazz, lectures
drama and even musical comedy?
Nonsense! he says. why we can get
more culture out of Il radio in week
then out OF whole season of grand
opera, no matter what it's seasoned
with.
NELL. when a husband starts 10
pull a line like that, the ONLY
thlng any normal wife can do is
squelch him fiat by her superior taste.
or course, | says, if YOU are so low
IN the dome that you can take your
refinement and the higher things OF
life out of Il can like they was pork
ana beans, why go to il.
But Hot BoZo: l says, for NV part
Ike TO get into actual touch with
Art-Get it fresh plucked from-from-l
well, get 1t fresh, it gives one more
strength. That ''one" stuff got
George s goat as per usual. Whenever
I commence such elegances as calling |
myself "one," why il arOuses his In. |
ieriority complexion and he gets posi- |
lively red in the face. Great guns and |
fish hooks. he hoilered don't YOU high |
nat me, woman! Say, have YOU ever |
been to a Grand Opera in your life? |
Well, l says. not wishing to give him |
the satisfaction of knowing everything |
about me, we'll, | went on, / admit | |
have not been in a long, long time.
Which was strictly true. on account |
hadn't not since before | was born. as
a matter of fact. There. says George,
then Whatter you want to bother with
the darn thing for? How do you know
it's darn thing? says, you've never
been to one neither. have you? Well, |
| didn't say / had. did l n? says George
and then he hid behind his news
paper and wouldn't come out again all
evening
Believe YOU me that decided the
case. If Geo. hadn't been to d opera
ii was high time he took one in for
his own good, even if l hadder use the
same methods as with Junior and cas-
tor-ol. Wis, to wit, by being abso-
Iutely firm about it.
One solid stone of my foundation for |
This plan was TO Immediately part with
part of my housekeeping money for
two seats a the opening night. | felt |
sure that if the money was already |
spent, Geo. would not let them tickets |
20 to waste, as it would be practically |
impossible 10 resell them. No, Geo |