Look up and down 'The Avenue' here! Every wife is helpin' her husband in his business, and every wife knows as much about it as the man does.

That ain't the way up around Central Park.

Half of 'em ain't out of bed till purty nigh lunch-time.

I've heard 'em all talk; and worse yet, they glory in it.

What can ye expect when there ain't five of 'em to a block who knows whether her husband has made a million in the past year or whether he's flat broke, except what he tells her?
No wonder, when trouble comes, they shift husbands as they do their petticoats, and try it over again with a new one!" "And if she takes this last plunge, when will she wake up to her mistake ?" asked Felix, in a low voice.
"Oh, ye can't always tell.