Warren sheaf., 1900-05-17

wrote verses. ..I should think ii would
be easier BY a glowing CRATE fire or a
hearth with cracking logs or on a yacht
deck anywhere but in the rain. Z -
No, they are too conf forta bic then, .
said the Medical Student. That's the
sort Of thing encourages those word
less frances that the Newspaper girl
talks about. More men have proposed
in. bleak boarding house parlors with
wax fruit under a glass bell on a mar
ble-topped table and Washing on Cross
ing the Delaware on the wall than
ever popped the question by the fire.
Every true said the Widow girl.
ssThe more uncomfortable he is the
more he pictures a pleasant q domestic
picture that is an exact counterpart Of
the present cheerless scene. Then it
gives him courage. He knows the girl
can't be in love with her environment
and that she'll probably accept him as
an escape
.sBut about the rain said the fluffy
girl. .@.s . .
It's thesam principle, said the Med
ical Student. In the rain it is as un.
pleasant as possible. The wea ather is a
mutual discomfort. It creates,a bond
of sympathy. When you get one OF. the
really balky ones, take him out in the
rain and walk him about .
The Fluffy girl wrote rapidly, under
lining her notes. She refused the toast.
ed marshmallows rendered her politely
on the end Of hat pin and turned
down leaf in her book to keep the
place.
''But when you are married when
you have secured him." said the Widow
girl, ''you must go to the other ex-
treme. snake him so comfortable
that he will unconsciously become sod
den with domesticity. Learn to play
poker and to mix drinks
"What?' said the girls in chorus.
''Then he's yours went on the Wild
ow girl, nodding her head: '''That
is to create an antidote for the domes-
tic reaction which is bound to take
place. Introduce slight flavor ofclub
life into the home. Insist on his smok-
ing. Let him win your chips
"Hell probably do that anyhow"
suggested the Medical Student.
'Not necessarily" said the Widow
girl. "There are several simple meth
DDS for winning, in poker, which l shall
be glad to teach you some evening, and
while: some might call it cheating, you
absolutely must win game now and
them"
SITS the end. not the means, that we
must consider in cases of this kind. y
said the President. s'The happiness Of
the home depends upon it.
''Then you, see,' said the Widow girl,
she brings home his friends to show
them why he has shaken the club. BY
and by he won't want to go out any
evening. for he knows some of his
friends are sure to drop in to contem.
plate his happy surroundings and he
may miss them"
81 don't think men are worth SO
much sacrifice" said the girl who
taught Sunday school.
''It's too much like leaving noun.
tain top for the level OF the earth, " said
the girl who wrote verses. They look
up to the mountain peak. They have
to-"
"Yes. they look up to it and spend
their evenings on earth, )" said the Wild
ow girl. "And there you are"
II knew girl once" said the Medical
Student, ''who cured her husband OF
staying out nights by a very simple
but effective method. She at first com.
plained-not having had the advan.
tage of a club like this-she even wept.
She said she was afraid to be left alone
with the servants allupstairs. Then he
had some sort of safety message serv.
ice put in. A company guaranteed tc
be on hand with an armed messenger
two minutes after a button was pressed
in the house. Then there were means
of calling the police and all that, that
made it perfectly safe.
Zone night he came home and found
young man in the hall reading an
evening paper. The young man ex.
planned that he was from the com.
pany; that the lady was nervous and
had rung them up. SO he concluded to
stay. She thought she heard some one
moving about in the dining-room. So
hubby thanked him and went upstairs
to find his wife sitting up. She said
that once that young man was in the
hall she felt perfectly safe. She said
he looked like the sort of a man that
nothing could frighten. After that he
used to be there often when the hus.
band returned and one evening he re-
turned to hear steady rattle of chips
going on in the sitting-room. When he
went softly upstairs he found his wife
playing poker with the guard. At first
he felt angry and then he thought he'd
frighten his wife. So he stepped sud-
denly into the room, threw down $40
and said, sarcastically: I'D like toget
in this game, if you please?' She looked
up curiously at him as though she
didn't quite recall him. Let him have
one white chip she said to the guard.
I'll take two cards, please. After that
he staid home nights i
THAT was good plan,'' said the