The Coolidge examiner., 1935-09-27

she had always been told there was
nothing too good for an Otis, so she
went ahead on that basis and got
into a Kind OF scrape
Well. what | was coming 10 Is
this: that In spite OF the fact that
/ still 20 20 the best places. those
old copy-book maxlms ride me a
bit az times. when you've had
thrift dlnned into you from early
childhood IT'S hard TO throw II OF
completely no matter how much you
read the Washington dispatches
That's why I'm not teiegraphlng
you. A stamp costs only three
cents and the right sort OF telegram
would cost az least ffty. l have
enough OF father in me 10 realize
that the dlfIereutlaI Is forty-seven
cents. Not much money, you will
say. and In a sense you are right
Yet even under present conditions.
forty seven cents r. worth about
thirty cents. and thirty cents viii
take care of the hat-check girh In
one of the best places with a nickel
20 spare.
can remember Just when
FIRST thought of practiclng little
economies Ike this Last year. after
father left town. | decided to have
his mattress made over. and what
do you think | found. Mrs. Pla-
mondin7 Money. quite a bit OF
money. Il was the money that made
the mattress so hard.
I decided 10 invest II. and so
went down town and called on one
Of fathers old banking friends, who
Is stlll banking. though scared 10
death. aud asked him about invest
ments.
At first he wouldn't tell me any
thing. lie kept trying TO change
the subject. wanting 10 play tick
tack-toe and show me card tricks
when I kept asking him about in
vestments he said bankers weren't
allowed 70 give advice about such
matters. Bishops. bartenders. mu-
slcians and masseurs can give all
the investment advice they want 10,
but my understanding Is that bank
ers can be put In jail doing such a
thing. / told him I had come to
him not as n banker but as a
friend. so at last he sent his sec
retary out OF the office. locked the
door. pulled down the shades and
whispered a tip.
And what do you suppose he told
me to buy. Mrs. plamondin? He said
10 buy Chateau Latour 1920. or
Cllquot 1923. ! am passing the tip
on 10 you. dear lady, because II
| comes from one OF the most con-
servatlye and able bankers in the
country, and It may repay you for
any slight inconvenience caused by
this tardy reply 10 your invitation.
Now, as 10 the Invitation, / am
awfully sorry TO say | shall not
be coming to you for the weekend.
Why don't I want TO come? Be
cause OF the way I'm made. Be
cause your household is so well or.
dered. Because you like 10 have
everything planned and running on
schedule, and / don't.
So there you are, dear Mrs.
Plamondin; and so ring me up some
day when you're in town-not too
early. mlnd-and invite me to lunch.
IL IS odd. now that | have made
this simple statement of the case
to reflect on how I dreaded to do
IL. 1t really wasn't so difficult, after
all. All. how often life is like
that. How often we dread some
thing we must do. only to find, when
we do It, that It isn't really SO
bad. For two weeks your letter has
been kicking around my desk, un-
answered, among the bills, also uh
answered.
Now. thank heaven, | can tear IL
up!
Always sincerely yours,
p. FOTHERINGAY OTIS.
G Julian street.-wNU servic&