San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-31

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"A Put & Take, once said to his
Dancing Dervishes, "Boys. what you
iced is n little rest and change: no
one can keep up the breakdown you
are dancing, without inviting break
down Of the other sort, and believe
you me. the invitation will sure he
accepted
And the truth OF this wonderfully
original bit Of medical advice certain
Iy appealed to 1 and George, that's
my husband, not long ago when we
was pretty near at the end Of our
tether. amt exactly sure what
tether is. but know everybody has
one, and that sooner or later they
como to the end of il the same as
with their appendices, savings &C
counts and etc. Well anyways, we was
10Th Of us at the end of ours, AMI
Ahout the faintest idea of where
we're we to get another, all due TO
overwork. ] and he got 10 talking t
over one night.
I tell you what. says Geo, ! am alb
solutely wore out with the struggle 10
keep going. Sometimes / wonder is it
really worth the trouble after all,
where will my efforts land Us any
ways? We will never be rich, great
suffering fisbcakes, be says, visit
we was rich like them ]. John Cool
nahs. and could be down to Palm
Beach, just laying around in the sun
shine, doing nothing but beach comb
ing and throwing dollar bills for the
bell-hops TO dive for and such idle
sports, he says. Gee it must be grea.
to do absolutely nothing like them
millionaires do. or / should say, don't,
only think what a rest that must b.
wHATTA LIFE FOR GEO..
But, he says, do ] get to do it;
No! Ny dish is out of bed before it's
light, but not before it's cold. shake
myself into my pants, shake the fur
mace, shake the snow off the door
mat, shake a little coffee down my
throat, and beat it into the train for
town. And from then on. it's one
long, restless struggle, commencing
with . free for ali to get n seat. TO
reach the subway alive, at the other
end, to get into it without being
squoze fiat, to suffer the sings a11
arrows and elbows of the mob, and
then wrestle all day with my job
at the office with the refreshing pros
pect Of making that trip in duplicate
when the days work is alleged to be
done
I ten you what, Jennie. says
George, i amt got the strength for
it, and I'm about ready TO cash my
last cheque. Heavens knows it don't
seem right for some fellers to have all
the best OF it, leisure, sunshine, rest
and enjoyment the same as them
Goofnahs, and have to work and i've
like ] do. There amt no justice!
Hot Bozo! / says, why George
Jules. listening to your line, why any
persons would think you had a corner
on all the hard luck in the world.
How about me? Maybe you think it
rest me to get up and start your cof-
fee at seven GIN. and that the one
ambition i got is to live the miserable,
narrow life ! do, with only nv
Ladies' Thursday Club for a intel
lectual activity? wouldn't very
much care TO lead the life Of Riley
for q while, myself, oh no! 1 don;
need 10 rest, or change or anything,
not very much
ANOTHER WORM TURNS.
Big hearted Luke, you are, thinking
only Of yourself, but If you believe the
clsnk Of dirty dishes is music to my
sen now, the way it admittedly was
the first week we was married, well,
II you believe that, you better change
your religion, on account ! an fully
as tired out as you are. When 1
think Of them Goofnahs basking idly
in the sun, being wheeled around Palm
Beach in out-size baby carriages, rest
ing and relaxing again and again in
the peaceful quiet, could bite nails.
Well, just as got through saying
this, what would blow only the post
mans whistle, and I went and an
svcred, and Of all things it was a
letter from Florida and the Goofnahs,
and for one awful second had the
same feeling as when you have been
talking about q person and they sud
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