The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-23
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The Girl Philosopher.
"A man never tells the truth TO more
than one woman" declared the girl
philosopher, as she poised her mar
brush and shook back the hair from
her eyes to direct her remark at Dati-
ful Jane.
Except to his sisters" reminded tiat
Perhaps assented the other But
what I was about to remark is that II
isn't always comfortable, though most
enlightening. for the one girl.
What did he tell you?" asked Duti-
full Jane, indiffeFently.
Nonsense! This is purely aostfact
philosophy. STILL if you must have IT,
I'll give You a concrete instance OF
two.
IAN your life.y began the philosopher,
Eesticulating with the hairbrush, you
have been led to believe that your mas
culine friends were immensely amused
at your slang Some girls can't use
slang your author friend has told you
with a fiatterihg analytical look at you.
What did you say? the big footpal
man whom YOU know will ask, Wheh
a snappy little darn has shpped lLolli
you as you catch your dress on q prier'
Then he will laugh because you piusH.
Here, try a puff old Cousin Tom VIII
say, and he viii provokingly hand you
his cigarette. Why can't girl ever
take a puff of cigarette without chok-
ing?' he viii demand of you and crit
icise the tirnId way you hold the thing
Still, his manner leads you to believe
that in his eyes your action is admlra-
BILE in the extreme.
"A man ordinarily win convey the
impression to you that the one kind OF
girl he admires is a good fellow ana
that the quality he prizes above all
r,4r- ge. haven
any brothers you are prone, at certain
age, to accept this jolly standard and
become a bit boisterous Just to snow
that you are good-natured.
''Then, one day, old Cousin Tom con-
fides in you. He draws you aside in an
unusually tender manner
g Jane, he says. I'm engaged
"You begin to guess. You name sew
eral names.
Il should say not he replies to all
of them. DO you think I would
marry one of those slangy little idiots.
It's Muriel. Muriei is not society
girl thank heaveni She's not sophis-
ticated. But she's the most dignified
little thing you ever saw. Not much
to look at, but her air! You ought to
her head! I don't believe she ever
said darn in her life. She's game
little thing, too
% Gamer you inquire. You mean
she can take pun at your cigarette
without getting smoke in her eyes2
You believe Cousin Tom is about TO
have apoplexy.
DO you think, he demands, stern
ly, that a man would ever knowingly
get engaged to a girl who would take a
pull al d cigarette?'
you feel as if you were going to
cry.
Z" Tom. you hateful old thing. you
say, you made me take puff at your
cigarette once
I did, did ~ he responds, without
any shame at all. We'll, what did you
do it for?'
'Time brings the announcement of
your author friends marriage to little
light-haired Inez. Then one day Inez
calls on you.
- do you know she conhdes. child
ishly, I used to be awfully Jealous of
YOU. I had some reason to be, too, for
Just last evening Arthur confessed to
me that he would have been desper-
ately in love with you once If it had
not been for your frightful use of
slang.
And do [ never meet the one man
who will tell me the truth?' asked
Dutiful Jane, anxiously.
mo doubt" replied the philosopher,
grandly. But when you do, don
think it viii be as easy as it sounds.
You are to him a little gilt angel with
nice. tuneful little harp. but the one
man furnishes you with the harp and
he sees to it that you practice Chi
on