Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30

courteous ways in which he can make il
very plain"
Not it the girl is pretty | argued.
And it shouldn't erd the play" went
on Polly. iii the girl is worth flirting
with. Does the leading Lady have the
curtain rlng down the minute the lead
ing man begins TO make love TO her. even
though sac knows he is only actiugg
No, indeed! She Uist throws herself
4ight, ifi.o her part and enjoys il and
feels IL, too--for the time being
1T strikes me, Miss Lee / said Sc
rcrcly, that you are koking upor. love
AFFAIR as a sort nj theatrical comedy,
Polly put another rose leaf in her
Elouto
NiDe-tenths of them are she said
nosidins wisely. Only the leading actors
don't realize that it's comedy until the
last moment. II is only when man i
brutal enough to let Irritation reach the
engagement stage or girl is silly
enough TO blind herself TO the truth. that
one on them turns out a tragedy or a
neiodrama. And even in the latter case.
II man Is ehivalrous or courteous and
very clever, be can lead up TO the climax
sud flnp down the curtain so effectively
that there need be neither tears nor wed
ding bells Ill the last act ! once knew
a man., and Polly looked dreamiIy off
into the distance, where Arlington Dare
was stu waltzing with the auburn
haired Downing girl, who could break
oil an affair 30 artistically that the Girl
fclt AZ though she had broken il off hey
sell, and so effectively that everybody
sympathized with him and applaudc1i IN
stead OF kissing as the curtain went
down. Some way he knew how TO lead
up to the Climax and make the girl say
the final word and ring down the curtain
herself He was so greatly chivalrous.
50 woeiuliy regretful, so sentimentaIy
~ad that the girl felt fattered rather
than insulted. He saved every inch Of
her pride; and nine times out of ten :,
broken heart is nothing but hurt pride
or wounded vanity. And so this Girl
-"
What girl. Polly ~
oh, any girl would do. He Tilted
quite number. | was going to say she
always felt very grateful to him for hav-
ing afforded her the privilege OF such an
artistic love affair, and very thankful for
having come off so easily. You see he
started perfectly fair. He made the girl
feel from the beginning that it was all
lust a comedy; and so when the play
came to an end, and the lights went cut,
why"
"Nel?"
''It didn't leave bad taste in .1er
mouth. And it was only years after
ward that she realized that she had been
Tilted"
And did she feel badly then. Pollv?o
Not at all. She even took him into
the conservatory and had him show her
how"
"Why. Polly Lee. And so that was
what you were doing!"
| flung my cigar away and looked Sc.
yerely at Polly sitting on the tip end of
the iardiniere like a butterfly on rose
petal.
Well" aid Iolly, Il had to. l was
so lonely"
why, where was II" l exclaimed
And he had to-" went on Polly, bit
ing the stem of her rose, because he
felt so stupid standing up against the
wall without any pockets to put his
hands in and nobody to talk to-"
Where was his fiancee," | inquired
with dignified reproach.
Polly took the rose out OF her mouth
and flung it away spitefully
You were waltzing together she said.
"for the third time this evening !"--New
York News.