The Kalispell bee., 1902-08-22
Cbe Social (lblrI x

A bachelor was saying the other
day that the American woman has
undergone "a marvellous change in
temperament; from the sweet, loving
obedient dispositions that character
lied her mother and the mothers OF
the past generations" This is toe
bad. The remark takes us so deep
into so many ubjects-heredity foI
instance. If our mothers were, per-
feet (and they are, bless them), why
haven't they "decended" some OF
their perfections to us by ordinary
generations. | know girl whose
greatest trouble was that her father
had curly hair and her mother clas
sic Greek brow, and the ungodly pail
deliberately descended to their untor
tunate offspring an ugly forehead and
straight taffy locks wherewlth to
cover it. Parsimony on the part OF
ones ancestry is trying whether 1t Is
in the matter of good looks or good
tempers. But is it our fault if we
don't inherit nice things and why
need the bachelor blame u.s..
What is disposition? The diction
ary says it is an "order, method dis
posal temper of mind" and some
how obedient doesn't seem to fit any
of these words. Obedience seems to
mean, in childhood at least, to come
and go readily, and if this is a good
definition, it fits us perfectly, for oul
temper of mind comes and goes read
ily, especially when we are dealing
with bachelors.
The next question which naturally
arises is, why this awful change in
girls who have inherited the obedient
dispositions? Alas The cynical
bachelor tells us The change comes
when she enters wedlock." THAI
settles it, Everybody loves us, were
so sunny, and we'd rather be ten ole
e. maids than lose our lovely, obedien
dispositions by "wedlock." The bach
elor assures us that marriage il
a failure, and he cites from life al
instance which makes us cold will
horror.
ITO illustrate" he says, my mos
bosom friend is a married man. HI
is the most genial whole-souled fellow
one could meet. | have never seel
him angry, and have never heard hin
grumble, yet that man has the mos
contrary woman for a wife that
know. Before she was married sh,
coyo no in6ico. on pF tho ChrauiSl
disposition that is in her. She wa
gentle. kind. obedient, loving. She
was looked upon as the acme of pei
fection by her father and she wa
worshipped by her brother, and be
fore she took upon herself the vow
of matrimony she enjoyed to the full
est extent that liberty of acuon whic
parents in this country grant thei
daughters. The transformation cam
shortly after the wedding.
Isn't it awful to think that a littl
ceremony like that could change tn
leopard spots and make feminin
Dr. Jekyll into a Mr.. Hyde?"
The bachelors S tale is too harrowin
for word, and we quote no furthe
HIS unfortunate friend! He seems
have married a vampire or a vol
or a Spaniard-or something as te
rible as all three combined. VIII,
the poor fellow has 20 eat hash fC
breakfast, and he has to as
his wife if she would like to go to tn
theater or to party or for ride
courtesy he. of course, had never
extend to her before they were ma
ried He must also pay her doctor
Nills-she was never i'll before-an
its selfish and inconsistent of her NJ
to be always we'll.
He has to permit her to point OF
his hailities, and, of course, he nevC
points out hers. He talks about hi
only friend behind her back an
points out her faults to his "boso
friend"
Altogether he is a very wretche
object but we fail to see how l
makes matters any better by COZ
planning unless the example is a lie
son to his boy friends who are abo
to commit matrimony
DR.. j. S. Lamb Dr. B. e. Wiley,
n Tobie, George H. Stanley, A
Grimmer, Philip Jacoby, B. B. Gree
H. w. Dickey, G.. V. White, J.
Price, F. P. Browne, j. E. Ritche
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