Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-05-20


Singing of you with a song of love, ring
ing,
wi4 Ps75a! its way to you telling you
Singing Of you and the bliss you are
bringing,
ae a aeai IN The s ouIlting y Bee
THE MICROBICIDE.
The first time Jack 'Kerens Of Chi
cago, electrician. met Miss Boteler in
Boston he was delighted.
"At last" he thought, II have met
the ideal Boston girl, coldly intellectu
al. rigidly precise, overwhelmingly cor
rect" And being q blase young man to
whom a new sensation was boon, he
devoted himself to her assiduously.
The next time he saw her he made up
his mind that he had seen good many
girls in his time, but never one with
more life, verve and swing than seemed
characteristic Of this same young lady.
He watched her in curious astonish-
ment. "What an exuberant, magnificent
little animal she isr' he thought. "But
where Is the other oneP'
With characteristic Chicagoan direct
ness he launched at his point at the ear
lest opportunity.
II beg your pardon" he said, "but I
never saw two girls SO different as you
the other night and today, let alone one
girl Is either Of them you? What's
your idea for that sort Of thing?"
Miss Grace looked at him In admira-
ton.
"What bad form you arer' she said
In tone Of great satisfaction. lit Is
very seldom am asked about it in that
brutally frank fashion. To reward you
for 1t 1 believe will tell you the facts
In the case. I know 1t seems quite un-
believable, but both are me- A long
time ago and the people close around
me discovered that had two distinct
personalities one quiet, solid, In
tellectual, the other frivolous, light
and worldly. Understand, they are not
moods, but distinct personalities, which
come and go as they please, while I am
simply the helpless vehicle for them.
Of course both have been a trifle modi
fed by being educated and environed as
one individual, but still they have diff
ferent tastes in dress, aims, amuse-
ments, everything. People say that I
try to appear striking, that I pose
and all sorts Of things. Very few know
the truth or would believe it If they
did. Are you psychological enough to
appreciate the situation2 don't know,
though. Chicago people are so grossly
materialistio
"By Jove, but that's unique" he
exclaimed, ignoring the slur. II never
met a girl yet who afforded variety
enough to be Interesting for any length
Of time. Now, you are genuinely two
girls, with the added piquancy Of never
knowing which you will be and with
out the trials attending the oultivat1ng
Of two girls. Be assured do appreciate
the situation and you, too" which
was a remark be would never have
made to the other girl, and therein lay
the vivid zest of his wooing. He was
obliged to court her in such varied
styles. He wondered when he came to
the proposal which girl it would be to
and how he would do it, but he finally
ascertained that when q man is in ex-
ceeding earnest he proposes according to
himself and not the girl
Before Jack was married 1t comfort
ed him greatly to think his wife would
never grow monotonous to him; that he
should not be obliged to meet a ste1eo-
type individuality all the days Of his
riage confirmed his impression. Jack
was the nominal head Of the Chicago
electrical house, but it was heavily
backed by New York man. who came
in quite unexpectedly one day. He was
a solid old gentleman with no nonsense
about him and stern disapproval Of it
in any one else.
Jack, to whom his approval was a
consideration, took him up to dinner to
meet his new wife. It seemed to him
the young woman had never appeared
SO frivolous, gay and inconsequent in
all his acquaintance with her. eff it
had only been the other one tonight"
he groaned.
He could see the disapproval gather
ing ON the old gentleman's face. After
dinner, over the cigars, he remarked:
"Kerens, that wife Of yours is a pretty
creature, but I don't know. I am
afraid-women are terribly undermine
ing creatures some times" And Jack
saw long vista Of cheese pairing sur
veillance in the future which tried his
soul.
The other was cosmopolitan young
friend of Jacks who appreciated the
world and the flesh above the fine arts
He, too, went to dinner and met Bos-
tonesque highly intellectual, rigidly
formal Mrs. Jack, who froze the blood
in his veins.
"Why couldn't she have been the
other one this timer" again he groaned.
Some way the imp Of perversity
seemed to run things most Of the time.
She was SO often to his moods "the 9th
er one." He began to feel like shut
tlecock between two battledOors.
Not being born to suffer in silence.
one day he said irritably: IT wish
you'd try and be one or the other.
Grace, long enough for me to begin to
feel at home. Then, too, when I want
you to be one Of you you are always the
other"
'That never bothered you before we
were married." Grace suggested.
''No. Before man is married he sort
Of eliminates his own moods. He SIM
ply takes the impressions the girl is Civ
ing him without any counter current Of
his own. Afterward, of course, he takes
his innings. Now, before we were mar
ried I thought your unexpectedness
would correct the monotony Of married
Life 1t does, but there is just the trou-
BILE. A man finds out that he wants his
married life to be monotonous He gets
enough Of the other outside. The unex-
pected in matrimony is not desirable. 1t
keeps him jumping around like toad