River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-17
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
To Tame the Tyrant Man
Bachelor Girls Hold Confab as TO the
Best Way to DO II.
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TT HE studio of the Fashion Illus
traitor was the scene of an in
formal meeting of the Bachelor Girls
Confession club. luncheon was
spread out on the green oak table
on lace doylies, with candles shaded
in violet crepe paper, which gave he
occasion the appearance of a seance
The room had delightfully."- 30
hemian look. that, as the Typewriter
said, was almost dissipated. The. e
were japanese umbrellas so thick
that you couldn't see the walls or the
ceiling Lanterns hung here AMI
there with grinning Chinese dolls thai
twirled uncannily on the ends of
strings.
A Turkish water pipe was on a
tAbouret and an Aeolian harp that
hung on door sounded with weird
sweetness, swayed by some unsus-
pected breeze OF course. there was
couch. with a hundred cushions
which were the star feature of the
place There was rumor of a fold
ing bed in the refrigerator for guests,
not to speak of a cuckoo clock with
painfully well-regulated bird. that
grew more insulting every hour as it
grew later.
"For our informal talk this even
ing" said the President. helping her
self to nut sandwich tied with baby
ribbon, I'VE have the interesting suo-
ject suggested by Miss Hunt-Ballor,
our new member
Here the President paused to bow
pleasantly at young woman wear
ing eyeglasses. who sat on the floor
with her tailor skirt hitched Slightly
over her knees to prevent baggng.
All the girls turned and nodded. The
strong Woman's Rights advocate
THE Tyrant Man; How to Manage
and Subdue Him went on the Presl-
dent at is an interesting and use
ful theme for US to discuss. as there
is always possibility of contingen-
ccs arising in which a knowledge of
tho subject win come in handy"
4 low murmur of approval greeted
this announcement. The Woman's
Rights girl pulled down her shirt
waist in the back and passed the
stuffed prunes which she had
brought insisting on each member
taking two.
Most of US g went on the President.
''can speak only theoretically The
views of our widowed member and
those of us who are. or who have
been, engaged. will prove of interest,
| am sure
The Widow girl arose with some i'm,
portancp. TONIGHT she wore half
mourning that was almost gay. a vio
let and white pollla-dotted taffeta
silk gown made with a transparent
yoke There were some rumors afloat
that She had come to the meeting in
a cab. as she also had on open-work
silk stockings, and suede slippers en-
broidered with Jet beads.
"The management of man. She
said, lis one Of the most difficult sub
iccts the female mind can cope with
until''-she paused eloquently- 'un-
til it is mastered. After this it is
simple ridiculousiy simple. But
there are no set rules. The methods
must vary with the subject There is
but one general principle He must
not suspect the process. This is alb
solutely necessary
How does one begin?" asked the
Fluffy girl
Begin at the beginning" answered
the Widow girl; when one is en-
gagged"
But" said the Fluffy girl with a
puzzled look, you have to know hoy
to manage him to get engaged You
can't he engaged without proposal" =
No" said the Medical Student
with some bitterness. land when you
manage to work things to this point
il is good plan not to threaten to
break off the engagement every time
YOU quarrel. Sometimes takes
the dare"
She sat down with gulp. and the
members noticed with sympathetical-
~ averted glances that the emerald
solitaire she had been wearing was
gone from her hand. and in its place
she wore her skull and cross-bones
class ring.
Certainly not" said the Widow
girl. with emphasis. for. after all.
when a man has proposed, you have
everything on your side He has ca
pitulated; given in; thrown up the
sponge
Il should think. drawled the Wom-
ans Rights girl, that it is the gill
who gives in, capitulates: forfeits her
freedom; her individuality
oh. not at ALL" said the Medical
Student. with the air of one vino
knew. Nine men out of ten propose
without meaning it. They are at
tracted tc some girl. but without any
definite intention of matrimony In
fact nowadays most men look upon
matrlmony as a trouble that they
must avoid. But there are various
influences -usuaAy another man who
may appear upon the scene: often a
quarrel and he finds he's engaged.
4 girl, on the contrary. expects IT,
And then il just happens!"
And sometimes il doesn't happen. -
said the President. There are many
ways in which a man may avoid pro-
posing. \ favorite plan is for him TO
tell every girl he knows that he never
intends To marry while his mother
lives. Then he calls OF. a girl seven
nights week and objeetv to have any
one else call. and finally tHe finds her
self uneonsciously waiting patiently
for his mothers demise"
But those cases are all simple o deal
Nth 4" said the Newspaper girl. when
Won contrast them with the system Of
wordless wooing which is most eonfus-
ing. 1t is impossible to come TO any
conclusion. Some men lie eloqueutly,
and we believe them, or pretend to-
and then others tell the truth, and we
disbelieve them. But the man who says
nothing IS hard to make ont.
Those are the really earnest ones
said the gil. Va wrcfe Wrs's .yon
know q poet orce wfcis about empty