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Show For the Neighbors' Sake. "Hxtruvngaiice," said a Pittsburgh man, "is the bane, of America, and why are we extravagant? For tho fun of It? No for the neighbors' sake. "I know u man who awoke very Into one winter night und found his vXo Just returning to thu bedroom. '"Whnt's lliat loud noise I heard,' he asked, 'and what have you been doing do-ing In the cold?' "'It's all rlghl, dear,' sho answered. 'On lo sleep again. You see, tho people peo-ple are coming back home from the opera, -and I Just slipped down and slammed the fiet door hard, so that tho neighbors would think we'd been there.' " |