Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-10

ever popped the question ny 1Ae AFc.
VERY true" said the Widow girl.
"Thc more uncomfortable he IS tie
more he pictures II pleasant doiAo&t!e
picture hat is an exact counterpart OF
the present cherries scene. Then IL
gives him courage. He knows the girl
can't be in love with her environment
and that she'll probably accept him aa
an escape"
"Eut about the rain" said the Fluffy
girl.
"It'sthcramc principle. said be Med
icNl Student. "ln the rain il is ns UNI
pleasant as possible. The weather is II
mutual Discomfort. 1t creates II bond
of .Fmpatly. When you set ere Of he
re&liy baIly ones, take him out il: lie
rain and wax him about
vic Fluffy Girl wrote rap''""'', under.
iinin" llyr notes. She refused he toast
ed r.arshMol!ows rendered her politely
on We cad Ct hat pin and turned
down a lear in her book to keep the
place.
''El:t wh;n you are marricd-W hen
you have scc;ircd him." said the WiGoW
girl. you !nust &c 10 the ether eX-
IRENE. Make him so comfortable
that he will unconsciously become sod
den with Gomcstcity. Learn to play
pCkcr and TO mix dlinkt.'
What ." said The girls il a chorus.
"'Ihen he's yours" went on the Wild
ow girl, nodGing her head. "rhat
is to create an antdotc fer the domes-
tic reaction which is bound to take
place. Introduce slight flavor of club
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 he Widow
girl "Ihere are several simple meth
DDS for winning in poker, which | shall
be glad TO teach you some evening, and
while some might call il cheating. you
absolutely must win game now and
then?"
"It's the end, not the means that we
must consider in eases of this kind,
said the President. "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
md 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.
ITS too much like leaving a 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-"
"Y'es, 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 he Medical
Student. "who cured her husband of
staying out nights by very simple
but effective method. She at first COM
plained-not having had the advan-
tage of club like this-she even wept.
She said she was afraid to be left alone
with the servants all upstairs. Then he
had some sort of safety message serv-
ice put in. \ company guaranteed to
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 c;, me home and found
a young man in he 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 hat young man was in the
hall she felt perfectly safe. She said
he looked like the sort of a man that
nothing could brighten. 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
brighten his wife. So he stepped sud
denly into the room. threw down $40
and said sarcastically: I'D like to get
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.
IN take two cards, please After that
he staid home nights"
THAT was good plan,' said the
Widow girl. almost as good as mine.
When my late husband first gave symr-
toms of going out after dinner he in
alleged business. That's al
ways the first excuse. So 1 would say |
it was too bad that / had planned |
such a pleasant evening" and | would |
get into my most stunning gown and |
illuminate the drawing room and play |
the piano and tell him not to delay |
and not to hurry back on my account; |
that | was a sensible woman, and be-
sides some one might drop in. Then |