Ring Lardner

“ Well friends, I suppose you have noticed how much cheaper it is to live since the 1st. of the yr. on acct. of the govt, takeing off the tax on all the different luxurys and etc. and it is now 3 wks. since the big reduction and they has been time enough under the new scale of prices so as a person can figure out what amount of money they are going to be able to save by same. Well friends I can't speak for nobody only myself, but from what I can judge so far I would estimate that in a year's time the reduced schedule will enable me to lay aside somewhere between 15 and 20 cts. ”

“ I was not amongst those that thought maybe they would send a man around to ask us if we wanted the $7.00 in large or small bills, but I did expect to notice a slight change for the better in regards to the price of different articles which a man buys to enjoy life. ”

“ Well friends I am glad to say that I come from a family that knowed enough to stay in out of the rain and don't need no umbrellas but even if they was a law that everybody had to own one it would take a wonderful salesman to make me invest as high as $4.00 in same and as for fans they's always a breeze on Long Island, and it they wasn't we would try and manage to stir one up with a good old fashion palm leaf. ”