The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-11-10

their gowns. but when you hear them tax
il Is lac a calliope chorus.-
1T i S1ly fad said the ssatiuental-
list It's tie smart thing 20 xeE that
piccoio stop IN pour yoiee Il you're girl.
Bat Il con't @san anything Why are
you - dead agzlnSE girls. anyway
IKE toys EBch better that's all
oh. fudge
No. mean Il Our American women
1seed missionary IN voice culture In
stead Of bridge and mental science they
ought to go in for deep breathing and
chest tones If I had a.
Wifer put in the sentinengalist,
eagerly. hut you never win win a wO-
man. old man, with your views You're
too intoleranfr
I've been married i've years. said the
diEagreeakle nan, hut / didn't marry =
I typical American girl
/ Dear ne said the sentimentaIist, IS
he poured out another Russian brandy
/ Funny how 4 fellow like y0u--
What are you mumbling about de-
manded the dTsagreeable man. fiercely.
Nothing nothing, | assure you, old
chap Don't look al me like that ! apol-
/ 0gize. | didn's know, that's all 60 on
/ English writers give our women a burr
and a nasal accent, and slang that they
never had or viii have, but they have not
as yet got onto the American feminine
squeal.'
The women Of the South have nice
voices" said the sentimentalist. Il met
girl in Richmond once whose voice was
the most exquisite thing"
The Southern women sort of cling to
the old tradition" said the disagreeable
man And what more potent charm
could woman possess than a low. soft
voice and a gentle manner of speaking?
| read once In a speech made at a wo-
man's club: The voice of the woman
with the latch key is q clarion note In
reality it's more like brass band. They
ought to change the latch keys for tuning
forks
But where do you find the eomrade-
ship that the training of the American
girl makes possible" persisted the sen
rimentalist, her Inconsistencies of sex;
her fearless unconventiOnalityT
And her jovial familiarity" put in the
disagreeable man. Nowadays you do
not know a girl more than an hour be
fore you are Bobby or Jimmy or Tommy.
They are fond Of these diminutives, es-
pecially when a man weighs over 200 /
tell you if | had a son I'd teach him to
choose a nice girl when he fell in love-
"All girls are nice" said the sentiment
talist. the sort your son will meet"
"Oh | haven't a son. said the dis
agreeable man. Il was merely suppos-
ing"
"Well. all girls are nice" reiterated
the sentimentalist, enthusiastically. Il
repeat it, and defy any man to"
Most of the nice girls | saw this sum-
ner looked like illustrations in Gil Bias"
said the disagreeable man, drinking deep
ly of apricotine. as though TO nerve him
self for an argument
Il d'fyyou rennyotherman-"b began
the sentimentalist.
We've grown used to the decollete
bodice. The opera has steeled US to a
fashion that would have startled our
grandfathers. But have you observed the
manner in which the American woman
now protects her skirt from contact with
the walk
Il have not" said the sentimentalist,
with dignity, land / dfy you orennyone-
else to"
You haven't observed the feet of the
American girl amazingly in evidence this
summer
Her feet like little mice crept in and
out That's beautiful thing. The sum
mer girl this year was peach. dream,
an | d'fy you orennyone. ! don't care
who. YOU or ennyold-
The sentimentalist kissed the rose and
tossed it over his head. hitting the eye of
messenger hoy who was SURVIVING in
with a telegram. shes a fluffy, frivol-
Gus thing sometimes. but here's to her"
The disagreeable man grew pale, took
the envelope from the boy and neryously
tore il open. He ran his fingers wildly
through his hair and clutched glass of
ice-water. which he gulped hurriedly.
Il d'fy ennyone." said the sentiment
talist. seriously. Ito malign or SANDER
the living link that binds man to the an
gels. Oh woman n our-our-"
The disagreeable man threw the tele-
gram over the table to the sentimentalist
who took it and turned it upside down, in
hazy way.
lis there any answer" asked the boy.
Wait a minute" said the sentiment
talist. trying to focus the typewriter
line Never can be too particular about
a telegram. No hurry. m boy. Nights
Young yet. Mother day tomorrow
lie brought his face close to the paper
and read with dignifed exaetness:
1t is--It is alt is a girl"
lie sat up, stunned with surprise. Then
he recovered himself quickly. leaned over
the table and shook the neryeless hand of
che iisagreeahle man.
~0f course it is" he said. Let me
congratulate you. oleman. toleyou so. |
Yo got 20 take it all back. | tell We you |
got to eat your words and stand up like |
a man
He rose magnifcentiy to his feet in the
manner of an orator. while the disagree
sble man got aP sheepishly.
While pr'pose-this 'semblage. in
clndin' this wing-footed Merk placed /
his hand paternally on the head of the
messenger boy--this wing-fOoted messen-
ger-three cheers for the American girl
Now--ail together. boys -
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