Iron County register., 1900-05-10
The F1pffv eir1 wrote ran;d1v nrs.-.

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. Make 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 a 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 of club
life into the home. Insist on his smok
| ing. Let him win your chips"
He'll 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 a game now and
then?'
It's the end, not the means. that we
must consider in cases of this kind"
said the President. The happiness of
the home depends upon it."
Then you. see said the Widow girl,
''he 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
Il don't think men are worth so
much sacrifice" said the girl who
taught Sunday school.
It's too much like leaving Il 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 Nld-
ow girl. And there you are
Il knew a 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 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.
"One night he came home and found
| a Young man in the hall reading an
| evening paper. The young man eN-
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 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.
I'll take two cards, please. After that
he staid home nights
THAT was a good plan,' said the
Widow girl, almost as good as mine.
When my late husband first gave symp-
toms of going out after dinner he in
variably alleged business. That's al
ways the first excuse. So | would say
it was too bad that l 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 I was q sensible woman. and be-
sides some one might drop in. Then
I would act nervous and excited. and
he'd hang around with his overcoat on
until finally he'd say it was too late to
keep the enga gagement-that q business
man had to have some rest. anyhow"
The cuckoo here hoped out and an
nounced that it was IL o'clock. The
supper which had been contributed to
by each member was served, the cream
puffs which had been made by the
Woman's Rights girl being decided the
banner dish of the evening. \ vote Of
thanks was rendered her and the meet
ing adiourned.-N. Y. Sun.
The Jungle and the LeecheS.
Overhead the branches of the trees
join hands ABOVE the stream, in some
places spreading downward so sowly
that men are forced to crawl under
then on all-fours. The track is a mere
thread of running water passing
thT.oIfGh t110nal of and