The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26

| Blooming May That would have given
you a repertoire of three tunes. 1t
would have been purely instrumental,
as you have no more voice for song than
a hen.
"Over and over. for nine long and
dreary years, you would have been
condemned to play the notes of those
three airs, and the neighbors and my
self to lisen. There could have been
no escape except by death. Ere this
you would have been a gaunt, hollow
eyed shadow, longing Tor the end to
some, instead of the plump, rosy cheek
ed woman before me who wants to live
so years yet"
L knew you would try to twist out
of it," she exclaimed, not at all f1atter-
ed by his compliment.
MY dear, there is no twisting about
it. am simply using philosophy and
logic. Would Solomon have ever reach
ed the pinnacle Of having a Thousand
! wives if he hadn't used logic? Let US
also look at the matter in business
way. To put that piano in good shape
will cost $50. When in order 1t Will
grind out Is cents worth of the old
Dog spoken of. Is that good bus
mess sense? Is that the way 1 have
accumulated the wealth we now pos
sess? There is still another light in
which we must regard the case we
have at least five neighbors who can
hear every thum on the instrument we
owe them certain consideration, as
they do US. They would stand GER
tam amount OIL 44dIIlO bACAA
throw stones or appeal to the law: we
should be sure to lost them as friends
and have them as enemies.
They have got pianos, and they
play whenever they wish without con-
sulting u.s." argued Mrs. Perkins.
But it is music instead of 'Old DOG
my dear, which makes all the dl1Ler-
ence in the world sun announcer
thought occurs to me. 1 am patient
man. but after you had kept up your
humping for a certain time the dead
line would be reached L might con
tent myself with simply trading the
piano off for a lawn mower and nifty
feet of garden hose, or might break
loose in my frenzy and shed blood
You never can tell how those Things
will go. Mrs. Perkins, 1 should hate
to dabble my hands In your lie
More twisting-more dodging!' she
sighed.
after a moment. 1.-The piano is silent,
which is the way a piano should al
ways be to reap the good opinion OF
the public. You are not called upon
to do penance; the neighborS are not
called upon to throw stones ana use
cuss words; 1 am not driven to the
extremity; we are saving $50 to put
into a set of furs for you. Why, my
love, 1 would not have the present
state of harmony interrupted for any
But will you put the $50 into furs
for me?"
II will talk the matter over with
you
but 1 want yes or no. and no
lodging.
my dear, there is much to be said
on both Sides We know that in GER
tain climates furs are unhealthy and
shorten a woman's life by years. On
the contrary, in other climates, they
have been known to prolong life. Then
comes the question of moths, storage,
thieves, loss by fire, and so forth. We
had better set apart an evening for
full and frank discussion of the mat
ter
'fWe'n never say another word
about it!' announced Mrs. Perkins as
she turned away. There are times
when feel like taking an ak to you'll
THAT feeling comes to all at inter-
walls, Mrs. Perkins. and should not be
too sharply criticized. Going back to
the fur question again, let me make a
little statement to show how am in
f1uenced in this matter OF course
you know that you are No. 2?''
And you are going to throw that
up to me. are you!''
dear, while at the same time saying
nothing to the disparagement of No.
1. That the late lamented Mrs P. lost
her life by wearing a $50 set of mink
furs I have no manner of doubt. She
was so pleased and happy over their
possession that she went to bed with
them on, and thereby contracted the
cold and the pneumonia that carried
her off"
And do you think I'd be such an idiot
as that?''
thing, not even including herself, can pos
| itively state what woman is going to
until after it is done The point I want
/ you. If a set of $50 furs is going to be-
reave me for the second time-then-