The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-10-24

pOLLY popp


am 4 bIchelnr-- of deliberate end
set purpose, bachelor.
1t is not beco',se cannot afford TO
marry for j hsye e4000 "a year:
! have caref'ly c5nddered the qucs-
tion of marriage in tie light Of what
philosophers ,all pare rcsson'-that
faculty which bears the same relation
10 common tntuitive perception as X.
Gays bear - the common light of day
! In maltI5mony the give" is all on
one side, me mans; aud the cake"
8 all or yhe other side, the woman's.
For ins.-uce. fhe man gives name;
the woran takes At. The man gives
a home; the woman takes it. The
man gives am income; the woman
takes it, The man gives independence;
the woman takes It. The restricted
I girl blossoms into the free and inde-
pendent wife. The free aud indepe :
dent bachelor fades into The restricted
husband. 'Tis a hopeless one sided af-
fair, ia which vir has everything TO
lose and femina everything to gain.
For myself, l will never sacrifice my
right to soar unfettered through the
ooundless sky. in order to bring COM
parative freedom to any Gagged canary.
AT this minute, there are. to be pre-
else, no less than FIVE canaries bent
upon caging ne. There is Ethel
Phipson. There is Lily Cartwright.
There is Janet Fair5alrns. There 10
Nellie Dampier. There is Jessie Ray
mond. An are pretty and charming.
wrote the above in my common-
place book one day hast year. 1t con-
tained the ideas for novel which L
meant to write when / had time-a
matrimonial novel, which should con-
peraA the false Impressions created by
feminine matrimonial novels.
i met Ethel Phipson today in the
rain coming down from London.
Our homes 1.-The Phipsons' and mine
-lay in different directions So we
parted at the station. Ethel ran after
ne few PAGES as / walked away.
"Oh, Mr.. Naneson, she said, Il wish
you'd come in to dinner. Can you
'ome tomorrowY' 80.
The Phipsons' dinners were always
rood; and Mr.. p. had some of the best
ifter-dinner elaret in Surrey. Besides,
IS a Gagged canary, Ethel was a very
charming little bird. | like 10 bill and
lirt with her through the bars.
Therefore ] Flid truthfully:-
"with pleasure -,
81 am so glad you can come" she
answered. "Nlrs. Lowenstein is going
10 tell our characters. Won't it be
fun? We must get her to tell yours"
SIS she palmist. then?" ! inquired.
mo. She laughs at palmestry as
humbug She calls herself a phreno.
physiognomist." ...,
what Formidable tlte!" smiled
"Yes isn't it9 But they say she's
awfully cute at sizing one up. I'm SO
glad you can come.
80 am l." said, looking into this
pretty canary's eyes ....
The next nigut / duly went 10 fulfill
my engagement An excellent dinner
and a half bottle Of the celebrated
claret put me in my bestfvcin. i sat
with Ethel ON a sofa and billed with
her most agreeably-through the bars
Then my hostess said:
"Now Mrs Lowenstein, win you tell
our characters, as you promised TO
do?" ....
Certainly j will" replied that lady
brislSly, moving, as she spoke, into
severely upright Chppendaie chair
which stood just under the centre gas,
olier. ...
she contemplated me in silence fol
minute or more. Then she said. with
quite startling suddenness:-
you're wanting in nose"
The remark annoyed me-in the
first place, because It was unduly per-
sonal; in the sec,nd because it con,
veyed a totally unmerited ranectior
upon my facial appearance.
pray, what do you deduce' from
that?" / inquired, with chill politeness 4
"a loving disposition" she answer
ed. "You have a great weakness foI
the fair sex" .
''That is very interesting" / obser-
ved what else have you to tell me
about myself. / wonder?"
1T viii ayaa you nothing" she ans
wered. You win never marry"
"AIore and more interestingl" ] ex
esaimed. 'Do you deduce that also,
may j ask, from my want of nose2"
.Now, ] said, this is a capital op-
portundty VIII you tell me why you
formed the impression Of me that ]
should never marry? As matter OF
fact you are -iglu; but / am interest