The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-06-15

4 from the daily paper AN
~o< nouncing sale" of
ladies' spring hats.
II really don't need this, dear" | re-
marked, handing it to Polly, without
even turning around.
"What is it," asked Polly innocently,
turning the paper over as though it
were some strange, scientific specimen.
ooh, yes: the advertisement of the
Bondbreaker sale How did 1t get
there? / must have dropped it when l
was putting away your socks. after
mending them last Saturday. Do you
know, Jack, dear" she went on let
ting the paper fall to tie floor with
beautiful indifference, that | never
really thought / should love any man
well enough to darn socks for him.
81 suppose" | remarked, looking
very severely at my shaving cup and
mixing the lather with firmness and
decision quite unnecessary under the
circumstances, that l am about to be
wheedled out of my last penny. And
l suppose you know, Mrs. Heavy
feather, that since that slump in p. ID.
@. we. cannot afford sny ,lusurieS. Ike :.
well-like spring bonnets, for in
stance"
was stirring the lather furiously by.
this time.
Polly looked at me for moment in
amazed reproach.
"And l suppose you know" she re-
torted warmly. as soon as she had re-
covered from my thrust, that If 1
wanted spring bonnet l should know
better than to have left that clipping
where you could find It,"
dropped my brush with my face
half latherel.
Apparently" said I, sarcastlcally,
"there is a science In getting a spring
bonnet"
mo-" said Polly, wiping the stem of
pink rose and tucking 1t in her hair.
"but there Is an art in managing a
man. A man is divided into three
parts; his heart. his soul and his
vanity. You might as well hail mo-
tor car on the wrong side of the street,
as to attempt TO coerce or wheedla a
man without appealing to his vanity.
1t Is the woman who knows how to
pay a subtle compliment and who
takes the time to do it every morning
and most afternoons, who has every
thing she wants, from a diamond tiara
to the right arm of n policeman across
a crowded street. You may compli-
ment man upon anything, from his
nose to his necktie; from his brain to
his boots. 1t never really matters
compliment him, so that you do 1t
skilfully and often-especally often.
You may tell a prize fighter that he
should have been a poet, or a deaf
mute that he Is charming converse
tionalist; and either of them will swal-
low the little dose Of fattery like a
sugar pill and feel better for it after
ward"
I drew a clean line down the middle
OF my cheek with my razor before re-
plying.
II perceive" said I. when l had
finally finished, "that managing a
man is not so much an art or a sci
ence as form Of war"
"Oh, no." said Polly deprecatingly,
as she leaned forward to admire her
eyebrow in the mirror, 'it Is more like
form of diplomacy. A woman could
no more win in open tight with a man
than Japan could whip Russia in open
field. But when it comes to strategy
It's the little woman and the little ma
ton who understand how 10 make II
pay, better than muscle and gunpOw
Ger"
"Oh. I see" remarked scathingly
"like the bloody Russian | have sailed
into the traps and the mines laid fol
me-and doubtless have swallowed
about a pound of soft soap since my
wedding day"
"You look as though you nigh
have" gurgled Polly, gazing thought
fully at my lathered chin.
"And ! suppose" | continued lgnor
ing the impertinence, that you imag
inc believe that am wise and clev
or and handsome and all the othe
things that your fancy and your fiat
terry have painted"
"Well, YOU are" hared Polly. looking
at herself dcfantly in the glass
'every one of them
| caught myself smiling ar m
shaving mirror. and Immediately drew
grave face,
But /, wouldn't make any differ
cnce, If You were not any of them II
far as that goes" went on Polly, ~
think So. And II | didn't think 81
you'd like to be told so. It's n funn
thing, hut It's true that a man woul
rather be compllmcnted on the thing
h doesn't possess than on those tina
hr does possess \ william away
loves a woman who imngines he Is
pattern of honor. And little cbaI