The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

EEMs II rye never been outen
INH Minneapolis. I've been home
g. week now an II 1t wasn't t
~ Mrs. Schultz keeps asttn' me
questions bout how deep Is the
water in the Thames river an what color
Ia Queen Victoria's tombstun an how
much greener is English grass n Mime
sota. I wouldn't know I'd been away. l
dunno AZ Mrs. Schultz Is specially inter-
ested In the color Of tombstuns, and seems
II she was tryin' to s'prise me an mn
out how much Information l lef over IN
Europe. There's limit to brains, )es
as there Is to q pail Of water, an. II you
an 'ero both too full they'll spill over,
an that was tho way I've been all sum-
mar. filled to tho brim 'th facts an hg-
ures. an It won't take mos folks long
to nn' les how ign'ran' 1 am. Some
women can member how deep rivers are.
les az some can make good plum 1eliv
when they can't do thing tn ras per-
ries. We've all got some one tnlns :,
w. can do better N other folks. an II
we'd be satisfied dom what we can stead
NJ what We want to, we'd have digger
regulations an happier MINIS seems H.
"But Mrs. Schultz isn't that way, an
she isn't ever goin' to let folks be salts.
fed 'th what they have II she can think
of anyth,n' they ought to get, whether
it's shoes or Information. Mrs. Hanson
Of Lena Hanson's dress for Maggie an
astin' mo bout the Paris styles. an all
of a suddint Mrs. Schultz says to me,
saws she: How much did you say t
Yves minister Abbey weighs. Miss Lar
SON.? says she. Mr.. Schultz asted me las
night. but couldn't jes member
IT knew as well knew t she had
dyed her waist three times t Mr.. Schultz
never asted any such thing, for I'd be
s'prised II Mr.. Schultz knew there was
a Yves minister Abbey. Mr.. Schultz is one
Of those men It don't take much int'res'
in things 'thout- they can see EN-. But
seems IL, when you've been given as many
ears as you have eyes t you were meant
to trus' to your ears jes' as much as
YOU do to- your eye. It's dif'ren' TIL
tongues, for everybody knows the reason
you have but one Is that you're to hear
an see twice as much as you tell. an
seems II It's good plan. But, as / was
Gavin. Mrs. Schultz Is one Of the women
who make their /husban's do the things
thew don't like to do, an II they haven't
got husban's. they'll use their fathers or
brothers tongues or even borrow their
neighbors'. Seems II, they think you'll an
swer EN- quicker II they get their ques-
tion 'ndorsed by a man. Women have
queer ideas. an they let you see jes'
how queer they are whenever you wan
to look, seems II.
"But, as / says to Mrs. Schultz. says
I: II didn't weigh Westminster Abbey an
didn't meet anybody who had. an
what's more don't care whether 1t
weighs a ton or ounce. # folks in
saltwater were to asst you how much the
courthouse weighs, could you tell 'em?'
says l. You've lived 'th the courthouse
ever since it was built. an only boarded
'th the Abbey for two weeks says I.
Seems Ii you can fin folks bout as
ign'ran' Of facs an figures at home as
am on what's in Englan, thinks to
myself. thinks I, an bout made UP my
min to say what I think when ! have
4 cause.
+ "Mrs Schultz won't listen to anythin'
I say bout what do know. but she's tol'
me seven times of the picnic they had at
Minnehaha an i've times Of the s'prise