The Yale expositor., 1895-08-16

NF~W WISH BolnB a"GS
/Y\W3Al there would be
i IL nothing to talk
about. Conversation
would be demonetized."
yes" agreed the man, "the ratio is
16 to 1 in favor of the free coinage OF
passes 10 the summer resorts"
'The queer part" observed the wo1-
an in white duck, ''is that we all say
we would rather stay at home and we
are only going for the benefit OF the
children. BY the way, did you ever
think what an admirable excuse chill
dren are for everything? All that you
do or leave undone you can lay on
them"
For my part" said the woman in
the blue dimity, 81 always make it a
rule to travel every now and then for
my husbands health"
"Eh, how Is that?" inquired the man
who does not always find it easy to
keep up with the subtleties of feminine
logic.
We'll" responded the blue dimity,
you know he can't get away from his
business but very seldom. After have
been at home for a good while l find
we are boring each other dreadfuliy.
We are both polite and we suppress our
feelings as well as we can, but the fact
remains that we know just the same
things. / have heard all his stories
He is a gentleman to the death, but ]
can detect by the artificial ring in his
laugh that he doesn't think my jokes
as funny as he did the second or third
time he heard them. Then l know 1t
Is time for me to take n trip some
where"
Dear me-" murmured the woman in
white, and the man absently lit him
self another cigarette.
Yes" went on the blue dimity, land
when l come back have a new lot OF
stories and fresh jokes, ard we are SC
glad to see each other we positively en-
core our honeymoon"
How very odd" gaspc" the woman
in the shirt waist.
mot bit" good-naturedly replied
the blue dimity. Did you never" she
asked curiously, suspect that your
husband got tired OF you and the chill
dren and the whole domestic parapher-
nalia?"
Good gracious, no." was the re-
sponse. Why, he's the best man in
the world. He puts the children to
bed and does the marketing. and
doesn't seem to mind now-though he
used to-getting up to look under the
bed for robbers and putting the cat
out"
Exactly" said the blue dimity, land
don't you know there are times when
he is tired and worn out and nervous,
when he wishes he could go back to
his bachelor days; when he would like
to eat what he likes withou; anybody
reminding him that il will disagree
with him, when he would like to smoke
feel that he can come home at any hour
in the morning without reproachful
figure asking in a freezing voice, Is
that you, John?'"
Were you ever a man?" asked nc
OF the cigarette. with deep feeling in
his voice
mo, l never was" said the blue
dimity; "and l am not an imitation
man in bloomers. either. Furthermore
l am not speaking for the fellows who
neglect their wives and play up to the
limit at the club. l am talking of the
good, domesticated Darbies, who never
get an evening out without being
chaperoned by their wives or children
In my opinion its every woman's duty
to give her husband holiday now and
then"
The women looked at the blue dimity
in silence a moment, then they said:
But our husbands write us how
lonesome they are when we are goner
Pooh" said the blue dimity, would
you discourage politeness? After a
woman is 20 she should take her COM
pliments at their face value"
You are very odd" they repeated
again, but the man pressed her hand
as he bid her goodnight.
Would you mind repeating this to
my wife," he asked.