01988cam a22003133u 4500 76862 UtSlPG 20260610134759.0 m cr n 260607r20251910utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG fi iso639-1 PH Finne, Jalmari, 1874-1938 Palkankoroitus Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-09-12 Tuula Temonen and Tapio Riikonen "Palkankoroitus : 1-näytöksinen pila by Jalmari Finne" is a one-act comedic play (a farce) from the early 20th century. It satirizes the economics of matrimony in a small-town school setting, where a pay bonus for married teachers tempts a cautious bachelor to consider wedlock for financial gain. Antti, a middle-aged schoolteacher, decides to propose to his long-time servant Juhanna after learning that married teachers earn more, and he asks his eloquent friend Jaakko the cantor to deliver the proposal. Jaakko’s florid speech moves Juhanna, who accepts, and the new couple immediately tally household plans. But when Juhanna outlines hiring a maid and budgeting for clothes, travel, and “extras,” Antti calculates the added costs exceed the bonus. He recoils, tries to back out, and Juhanna erupts in indignation, denounces him, and storms off. Jaakko returns to find the match in ruins, and Antti concludes—wryly—that the trouble lies less in marriage than in women, ending the farce on a sharp comic note. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Helsinki: Lilius & Hertzberg Oy, 1910 One-act plays Finnish drama -- 20th century https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76862 117587 117587