The Delawarean., 1900-09-15
Many Are Like Him.

certainly nope l am, Maria," he an
swered.
And you doubtless believe you are?.
"Yes; believe l am"
You wouldn't think of passing an aft
ernoon in frivolous chatter about tn
prevailing styles, would your"
mo; confess l would not. That i
all right for women who have nothin,
better to do. but it would be a sign o.
weakness in a man."
Il believe have heard you say some
thing to that effect before" she went on
You think you can employ your time IL
better purpose than by gossiping, and Il
you found yourself standing before =
mirror for two mortal hours while a
dressmaker fitted a gown to Won Won
would think it was about time to have a
CONSERVATION appointed for your estate.
Am ] right?"
You are quite right But I really
don't see what you are driving at. These
are hppless little failings that are to be
expected in woman, but man naturally
is above them, He Is made on a differ
ent plan. He has more serious things TO
occupy his attention, and naturally friy-
olous matters do not appeal to him. He
has more of good hard sense in his com
position. His is the more strenuous life.
and he cannot waste time in such ways.''
He can't, can't he?'
Certainly not"
He ought to have known her well
enough to realize that something was
about to happen, but he was a mere man,
and man in his blind egotism is always
rushing into traps that woman lays for
him.
John Henry" she said, II saw YOU
standing on a street corner the other
day waving your hands over your head
and saying more nonsensical things about
IL to 1, Imperialism and the tariff than
could be crowded into a whole afternoon
session Of a woman's whist club
"Oh, WELL" he explained, sin times of
great public excitement man naturally
has to give some attention to the great
issues of the day"
He has to neglect his work in order to
stand out and address lot of hoodlums
who never heard of him before and new
er want to hear of him again. has he ?
He must show his superiority to emotion-
al woman by making windmill of him
self. What would you think of me il
you saw me swinging my arms and shak-
ing my fists in the faces OF lot of stran-
gers? You'd think l ought to be locked
up, wouldn't you? You'd think I'd taken
leave of my senses; that l was fighty,
undignifed, absurd"
Perhaps, Maria, did let excitement
get little the better of me on that occa-
sion," he conceded, 'but great principles
are at stake and it is quite excusable
that one should be carried away occa-
sionally."
Occasionally" she retorted scornful-
ly. DO you remember the election four
years ago?'
"4e-es," he answered hesitatingly.
do you recall that for three months
preceding it you couldn't carry on
calm, dispassionate conversation? Do
you remember that you made fool of
yourself every time you went out with
me; that you came near having a fight
with some one in the smoking room at
the Ferguson's ball; that twice you got
into political discussion when you were
out between the acts at the theater and
never got back until just at the close of
the playW
IL believe 1 do, Maria"
DO you remember that you got so
mad at the paper you were taking be-
cause Of its political views that you
threw it out of the window and then
spent all of one evening writing letter 10
the editor, and that you and Mr.. Brown
next door argued yourselves into such a
state of blind fury that you didn't get on
speaking terms again until two months
after the election?'
He was distinctly nervous and i'll at
ease by this time and finally suggested
that he thought he would go to the club.
mo, you won't" she said. "You'n
stay right here and listen to what have
to say. When it comes to foolishness
and downright inanity want to refresh
your memory on various points. I'm only
light headed woman, lacking in mascu-
line depth and dignity, but you never
neard of me standing in front of bulle-
TIN board half the night and parading the
streets with flag tackled to a cane the
other half, did you?"
mo, Maria, never did,"
And you never heard of me whoopinc
myself hoarse and throwing my hat M |
in the air because Podunk county gave q |
majority of three for our side, did you?" |
Never, Maria"
And you never heard of me chasing
from one meeting to another and irving
to ride somebody on my shoulders be- |
cause of the caustic things he had said
about the opposition, did your"
Maria" he said, II have an appoint
ment to meet a NAM
Yes; know all about it." she inter
rupted. "You have an appointment to
meet man to talk politics, and when YOU
have got worked up to the proper pitch
you will solemnly agree to eat your hat
served with mayonnaise dressing in case
your man is defeated at the polls, and
then you'll come home and talk to me
about being emotional and lacking in sta
bility."
Now he was beginning to be offended.
You have no right to talk that way"
he protested. Possibly / have let ex.
get the better of me OCCASION
ally, but you are going altogether too far
in your talk about wagers."
"Oh, / am, am II" ss@
you certainly are"
Didn't you have to wheel a man in q
barrow from Lincoln park to Graceland
cemetery four years ago?"
Maria" he said; ''let's drop the SUBJ
iect."
Have you anything to say about the
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