The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-10-13
THE FOLLY or MAN.
II Il the Greatest, says This Matrsn,
when He Il Prsudest sf Ms
Own smartness.

confident tone 30 noticeable when mar
ried women begin to discuss the faii-
ings Of the opposite sex, ito assume
that when man thinks he 10 showing
remarkable evidence Of resourcefulness
and wisdom, when he II especially sat
isfled with himself and what he is do
ing, he Is making an everlasting fool
of himself"
.sWhat has your husband been doing
now?" asked her summer resort ac-
uuaintance, who, being also a woman
and married, knew at once to whom the
remark applied.
"Why, wrote to him last week to get
q tonic that my little boy needs and
send it to me by EXPRESS" explained
the young matron. II told him he
would find the number of the prescrip-
tion on bottle that / left on the side
board in our fiat when came here for
the summer, and which he, now learn,
threw away shortly after / left because
he happened to notice that it was
empty. He rather prided himself on
his thoughtfulness in throwing the
bottle away at this time, and ! have no
doubt he intended to read me lecture
on the habit of letting old and useless
things immaculate. In his wise, mas
culine way imagine he swelled up
with conscious pride at this evidence
of his neatness and tidiness, making
fool of himself as usual when he was
most pleased with what he was doing.
"But that wasn't the worst of it. In
stead of writing to me that he had
thrown the bottle away, he hunted up
the druggist and asked him If he could
not help him out, and the druggist, be-
ing man, was naturally just foolish
enough to think that he could. He said
he remembered something about the
prescription, and asked if a certain doc
tor hadn't made it out. My husband
recognized the name of the family ply
sician and said he had. Why ne didn't
go to the doctor and get the prescrip-
ton duplicated is one of the mysteries
that no one but a married man ever can
explain; but he didn't. However, the
mention of the doctors name gave him
an idea. He recalled that he had had a
tonic prescription filled for me two or
three times, and that he had once jot-
ted the number down on the back of an
envelope. So, while the druggist was
hunting through the prescription book,
my wise lord and master went to his of
fee and ransacked his desk for that en-
velope. He found 1t. In imagination
can hear him shout: 'Eureka!' as he
came across it. 1t is safe to say he was
the proudest man in the whole state.
Indeed, he practically admits as much
In this letter. His resourcefulness, his
wisdom, his ng-headedness saved the
day. He was doubly sure of that, be-
cause the number he found correspond
ed with that on the prescription the
druggist located in his book. He had
II put up and sent to me by express, and
then he wrote to me explaining how he
had overcome the obstacles that threat
ened to make it impossible to get the
prescription filed, and he is now ex-
pecting letter from me compliment
ing him on his thoughtfulness and
good sense"
"And he won't get it?" said the sum
mer resort acquaintance, inquiringly.
''This is what he will get," was the
reply, and she read the following ex-
tract from letter she was about to
seal:
bright man, you! Bright man, the
druggist Two bright men! Youneyer
had the number of that prescription,
because you never had it filed for me.
You never had anything to do with
Tommy's tonic, but you once got tom
ic for me, of which have nearly bot
tie left. A duplicate of that tonic has
just arrived by express. Don't you
think it would be an economical and
wise thing to give me veto power on
all brilliant ideas that may occur to you
hereafter? Meanwhile you might tele-
phone to the doctor and get the pre-
scription duplicated"
''Your husband is coming here to
spend Sunday, is he not?" asked the
summer resort acquaintance.
He was" was the reply, but don't
think he'll come for week or two now.
He'll want to give me little time to
forget this. Oh, wish ! could teach
him to remember that when he is espe-
cially proud Of anything he is doing in
relation TO household Or family mai-
ters 1t is positive evidence that he Is
making fool Of himself. z. Sun.